Bundle 3 Vocab: Political Systems and Ancient Rome

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Democracy

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A system of government where the people, either directly or through elected representatives, hold power and make decisions regarding laws and policies.

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Oligarchy

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A form of government in which a small group of people or family hold most or all the political power.

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Direct Democracy

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Direct participation of citizens in democratic decision making.

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Aqueducts

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System of pipes, channels, and bridges that moves water from a source to a destination.

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Patricians

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Members of the upper class, a group of wealthy, landowning families who held exclusive political, religious, and military power in the early Roman Republic.

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Plebeians

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All free Roman citizens who were not members of the patrician, senatorial, or equestrian classes.

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Republic

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Government based on the consent of the people, not a single ruler or aristocracy.

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Pax Romana

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Roughly 200-year-long period of Roman history identified as a golden age of increased and sustained Roman imperialism, relative peace and order, and regional expansion.

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Twelve Tables

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Set of laws in ancient Rome that were written on bronze tablets and posted in the Roman Forum; the first written laws in Rome.

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Jury

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Permanent jury court established in 149 BC to try cases of corruption and extortion.