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1
Q

two chief magistrates elected to rule the republic

A

consuls

2
Q

representatives chosen to protect the rights of plebeians

A

tribunes

3
Q

maintained the treasury while the consul was at war

A

quaestor

4
Q

looked after the welfare of the city while the consul was at war

A

aedile

5
Q

acted as judge while the consul was at war

A

praetor

6
Q

“Coriolanus”; Roman soldier who defeated the Volscians

A

Caius Marcius

7
Q

king of Epirus whose victories were won at too great a cost

A

Pyrrhus

8
Q

Roman laws written and displayed in the forum

A

Laws of the 12 Tables

9
Q

dictator who defeated Etruscans at Veii, was exiled, and returned to save Rome from the Gauls

A

Camillus

10
Q

Roman official who supervised public morals

A

censor

11
Q

dictator who immediately relinquished his power after defeating the Aequians and went back to farming

A

Cincinnatus

12
Q

“Founder of Roman Religion”

A

Numa Pompilius

13
Q

god of beginnings and endings

A

Janus

14
Q

god of the state

A

Jupiter

15
Q

priestesses to the goddess Vesta

A

Vestals