Vocab
Define Patrician and Plebeian
Patrician: Upper class citizens or ruling class in Ancient Rome
Plebeian: Lower class citizens in Ancient Rome
Italy’s land is a __________
rocky and mountainous peninsula
Patricians are __________
Upper class-wealthy land owners, government, military, religious leaders and they hold ALL power in government+society
What is the order of the islands from north to south
Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily
How many judges are there and what do they do?
8; enforced the 12 tables (gave citizenship, economic, legal, property, and social rights)
Define Republic
A form of government in which people elect leaders and representatives; Thing of the people
The river that connects Rome to the Mediterranean Sea is _____
Tiber
Plebeians are ______
Lower class; 95%of population; farmers, labors, merchants, military, artisans; no voice in government BUT still have to pay taxes, serve in the military, obey laws
What are the 2 rivers
Po river(North)
Tiber river(South)
Define Civic Duty
Citizens have responsibility to help their country.
Define tripartite
3 branch of government
The Latins first settled on the _____________
Latium Plains
What was they conflict of orders
What the Plebs wanted
What are the order of the seas N to S
Adriatic, Ionian, Mediterranean
What are he 2 parts of the legislative branch
Senate and Assembly
Define veto
To reject
______ used for ___
olives; oil
What did the Plebs want
Voice in government
Recognized as a citizen
Order of plains
Tuscan, Latium, and Campanian
What is the executive branch made up of
2 consules
1 plebeian+1 patrician
Define Checks and Balances
A system in which each branch of government limits the power of another branch.
______ used for ____
grapes; wine
The plebeians left the city and did not come back until they were given rights.
City’s (N to S)
Alba Longa, Rome, and Naples
What could they do
They can veto