Ancient Rome Study Guide

Nobles of Rome who owned large estates and were descended from the founders of Rome

• Plebeian

• Patrician

• consul

• dictator

Ordinary peasant farmers and craftsmen; lower class of Rome

• Plebeian

• Patrician

• Consul

• Senate

open market square in a Roman town or city where all important public buildings were found

• conquest

• acropolis

• consul

• Forum

Highest and most powerful official in the Roman republic; 2 elected for a year at a time

• Senators
• Praetors
• Tribunes
• Consuls

The process of conquering or taking over land to expand one's territory

• Annexation
• Conquest

• Colonization
• Territorial Expansion

A ruler who could make decisions without consulting the Roman Senate

• Senator
• Consul
• Tribune
• Dictator or Emperor

Roman parliament that gave advice to the consuls, ended up controlling the republic

• Senate
• Tribunes
• Consuls
• Assembly

Who were Romulus and Remus?

• Romulus and Remus were famous Roman generals.
• Romulus and Remus were the first kings of Greece.
• Romulus and Remus were mythical creatures from Greek mythology.
• Romulus and Remus were the legendary twin brothers and founders of Rome.

Carthaginian military commander who led an invasion of Italy during the Second Punic War

• Hannibal
• Julius Caesar
• Scipio
• Marius

Which river did Rome develop along?

• Amazon River
• Tiber River
• Nile River
• Danube River