Ancient Rome Lesson 1 Vocabulary

great Trojan hero who fled Troy for Italy in a journey told in Virgil’s Aeneid

• Achilles

• Aeneas

• Romulus

• Cincinnatus

legendary twin brothers who are said to have founded Rome

• Romulus and Remus

• Zeus and Poseidon

• Mario and Luigi

• Roman and Remy

government in which people elect leaders to govern them

• democracy

• oligarchy

• republic

• tyranny

ruler with almost absolute power, elected during time of war

• kleptocracy

• tyrant

• dictator

• republic

famous dictator who defeated a powerful enemy and then resigned his powers

• Cincinnatus

• Romulus

• Aeneas

• Remus

common people of Rome

• Senators
• Plebeians
• Patricians
• Equestrians

powerful nobles of Rome

• Patricians
• Senators
• Plebeians
• Equestrians