Rome Vocab RMS

the legendary founders of Rome

• King Tut & Hatshepsut

• Bert & Ernie

• Romulus & Remus

• Pericles & Hippocrates

common people

• Plebian

• Patrician

• Legions

• Consuls

people elect leaders to govern them

• Monarcy

• Oligarchy

• Tyranny

• Republic

rulers with almost absolute power

• dictator

• democracy

• oligarchy

• president

Rome’s famous dictator who gained power in 458 BC

• Patrician

• Hannibal

• Pericles

• Cincinnatus

nobles (wealthy)

• Plebians

• Patricians

• Magistrates

• Consuls

elected officials

• Patricians

• Plebians

• Legions

• Magistrate

the two most powerful magistrates in Rome

• Legions

• Consuls

• Romulus & Remus

• President & Vice President

a council of wealthy and powerful Romans that advised the city’s leaders

• Roman Senate

• Roman President

• Roman Legion

• Roman citizens

to prohibit actions (“I forbid”)

• to take

• to give

• to promise

• to veto