History words🌺 Flashcards
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Senate
Group of old wise man who advised the king and made laws in the republic
Etruscan
the etruscans were people who lived close to rome
Republic
form of government without a king
consul
head of senate in the republic had the right to command armies
Dictater
temporary return of a single ruler with all the powers of a king but just for a short time
patricians
ruling class in rome
Plebeians
non-patrician people of rome
Plebeian assembly
assembly of only plebeians made laws and elected 10 people tribunes
People tribunes
Officials that was elected by the plebeians assembly to Protect normal people had veto powers
chartige
rival city of Rome located in modern day Tunisia had a big empire
veto
literally means i forbid still the ord used for the right to stop a law or desicion
Punic wars
wars between Rome and Carthage romes called chartage punicians
hannibal
chartage army leader in the second Punic war
Optimates
politicans who looked after the upperclass
populares
politicans who tried to help the plebeians
civil wars
series of political and military conflicts between optimates and populares
Pater familias
head of a roman family
patronage system
higher placed families would help their connections and lower placed families did what they could to support their patrons
Gaius marius
Roman general who was not a patrician became consul 7 times and reformed the roman army
Germanic tribes
tribes from Germany that envied Rome the wealth and fertile lands of Gaul
triumph
A procession through Rome with the general dressed as king and featuring The spoils of war
princeps senatus
first senater spoke first in senate one of augus’ powers
Julius ceasar
femous roman general who conncuerd gaul killed because people thought he wanted to be king
ceaser
Title used by august and later roman emperors to dicribe their position we call it a emperor as it is a monarch but not a king