Roman Republic Overview
The type of government Rome had before it became an empire.
What is a republic?
The class of citizens who were typically members of the Senate.
What are patricians?
The men who were elected to government positions.
What are magistrates?
The name for common people Rome, often farmers or working class individuals.
Who are plebeians?
The role of Roman assemblies.
What is representing Roman citizens?
The main governing body of the Roman Republic composed of mostly patricians but, eventually, plebeians as well.
What is the Senate?
The role of the Senate.
What is proposing and debating laws.
A special leadership role chosen in times of emergency; this leader would have broad powers in a 6 month time period.
What is a dictator?
The wealthiest aristocrats of the Roman Republic.
Who are patricians?
This group, also known as the Assembly of Centuries, was made up of Roman soldiers. They would pass laws, declare war, and make peace.
What is the Centuriate?
The two officials who led the Roman Republic and shared power equally. One was a patrician, and the other had to be a plebeian.
What are consuls?
The initial number of senators in the early Roman Republic.
Top 8 judicial roles in the Republic; commanded the army during times of war and oversaw the legal system as judges during times of peace.
The conflict between patricians and plebeians that lasted over 200 years.
What is the Conflict of Orders?
This group, made up of all Roman citizens grouped by geographic location, acted as a court. While they had the power to pass laws, they rarely did.
What is the tribal assembly?
Meeting place where both patricians and plebeians gathered to discuss public affairs in Rome.
What is the Roman Forum?
The class of citizens who were eventually allowed to be appointed to the Senate.
What are plebeians?
DAILY DOUBLE: The 2 powerful people (at least one plebeian) who kept the official list of Roman citizens, appointed candidates to the Senate, and collected taxes.
What are censors?
The bronze tablets inscribed with Roman laws that were displayed in the the Roman Forum for both patricians and plebeians to see.
What are The Twelve Tables?
This group, made up entirely of plebeians, acted as a court and lawmaking body for plebeians. Eventually, at the end of the Conflict of Orders, they gained the right to make laws for all Roman citizens.
What is the Plebeian Council?
The 10 elected officials who represented the interests of the plebeians.
What are tribunes?
The process by which Senators were chosen.
What is appointment by censors and/or consuls?
The officials who managed construction, repaired buildings, roads, aqueducts and sewer systems, fought fires, supervised traffic, set standards of Roman behavior, oversaw markets, held public festivals, hosted sporting events and/or games, and distributed grain.
What are aediles?
The end result of the Conflict of Orders and/or the right that was gained for plebeians as a result of the Conflict of Orders.
What is political equality.
What is the Senate?