Chapter 10 Period 6 Flashcards
(17 cards)
a government with 3 parts
tripartite government
nobles; the most powerful citizens of Rome
patricians
government in which people elect their leaders
republic
rulers with almost absolute power
dictators
Rome’s common people
plebeians
groups of soldiers
legions
Rome’s most powerful magistrates
consuls
Who had the power to veto actions by other government officials?
tribunes
What did the Gracchus brothers want to create for poor Romans?
farms
Who led a slave revolt against Rome?
Spartacus
Punic Wars were wars between Rome and ______________.
Carthage
Name the farmer who was chosen to be a Roman dictator.
Cincinnatus
The Law of the Twelve Tables was displayed in the ______________.
Forum
Magistrates stayed in office for a year, but ____________ stayed in office for life.
senators
After the Gracchus brothers were killed, Romans began to see violence as a _____________________________.
political weapon
Why did the patricians decide to change the Roman government and give plebeians more rights?
Plebeians formed a council and elected their own officials
Why did the Roman government have checks and balances?
to prevent one part of the government from becoming too powerful
