Classic Civilization Vocabulary

 A man-made channel that conducted water; as seen in ancient Rome.

• Satrap

• Aqueduct

• Tribune

• Empire

a system in which a government uses departments and/or offices to carry out the details of management (larger governments).

• Consul

• Legacy

• Bureaucracy

• Polis

a set of rigid social categories that determine not only a person's occupation and economic potential, but also his or her position in society.

• Caste System

• Centralized Government

• Civic Participation

• Social Mobility

When a single leader/government presides over a number of smaller governments.

• Filial Piety

• Civic Participation

• Triumvirate

• Centralized Government

a legally recognized subject or national of a state or commonwealth, either native or naturalized.

• Satrapies

• Citizen

• Plebeian

• Patrician

taking part in formal political processes and community activities outside of government.

• Civic Participation

• Filial Piety

• Consul

• Bureaucracy

a member of the Roman government with limited executive powers, including power over the army and making decisions.

• Plebeian

• Patrician

• Consul

• Hellenism

rule by the people or a government in which many people are able to participate.

• Reincarnation

• Oligarchy

• Senate

• Democracy

In ancient Rome, a member of the privileged upper class.

• Satrap

• Plebis

• Consul

• Patrician

A group of nations united under a single, centralized government/leader.

• Empire

• Legacy

• Aqueduct

• Plebeian