Rome Section 1

government led by rulers elected by the citizens

• dictator

• plebeians

• republic

• Aeneas

mythical twin brothers who are said to have founded Rome

• Romulus and Remus

• republic

• Aeneas

• Cincinnatus

Famous dictator who chose not to retain his power

• Cincinnatus

• Aeneas

• Romulus and Remus

• patricians

ruler with almost absolute power, elected during time of war

• dictator

• plebeian

• patrician

• republic

wealthy, noble people of Rome

• patricians

• plebeians

• republic

• Aeneas

Rome's common people, including artisans, craftsmen, and traders

• plebeians

• patricians

• Aeneas

• Cincinnatus

mythical hero who fled the fallen city of Troy for Italy in a journey chronicled in Virgil's Aeneid

• Aeneas

• Romulus and Remus

• Cincinnatus

• Patricians