Rome Ch 12 Vocabulary

a system of rulers by which a government is organized

• consuls

• constitution

• legion

• empire

men that ruled their families

and that people traced their origins through their male ancestors

• parterfamilies

• forum

• magistrates

• patriarchal

  society

areas within a country or an empire

• provinces

• empire

• villas

• forum

a government in which citizens have the right

to vote and elect officials

• forum

• republic

• legion

• veto

greatly honored one

• consuls

• magistrates

• Augustus

• maniple

an open area in the city filled with

public buildings, temples, and markets

• forum

• republic

• constitution

• consul

war between groups from teh same country or territory

• republic

• legion

• Punic War

• civil war

the basic unit of the Roman army

• maniple

• legion

• civil war

• provinces

oldest man in a Roman household

• patriarchal

  society

• parterfamilies

• provinces

• maniple

the top officials in the Roman republic

• consuls

• magistrates

• republic

• forum