chapter 11 rome vocab and essay questions

what is pax romana?

• taxes

• roman peace

• rome

• romania

what is tribune?

• an elected official who protects the rights of citizens

• Julius caesar

• political power

• a form of government when citizens elect their leaders

what are legions?

• ordinary citizens

• ruling class

• a person with absoute power

• large groups of roman soliders

what is triumvirate?

• the ruling class

• to reject

• the rulers who share equal power

• citizens

what is patrician?

• roman peace

• the ruling class

• ordinary citizen

• to reject

what is a plebeian?

• roman peace

• to reject

• ordinary citizen

• the ruling class

what is veto?

• to reject

• roman peace

• the ruling class

• ordinary citizens

what is republic?

• a person granted absolute power

• a form of government in which citizens elect their leaders

• government officials who interpret laws

• an elected official who protects the rights of citizens

what is a dictator?

• a person granted absolute power

• a form of government

• government officials

• Julius caesar

what are praetors?

• the ruling class

• roman peace

• government officials who interpret the law

• to reject