vocabulary
Define Patrician
Upper class citizen or ruling class in Ancient Rome
Italys land is
Rocky mountainous peninsula
Lower class
Plebeians
Two main rivers
Original inhabitants of rome
Latins
Define plebeian
Lower class citizens in Ancient Rome
River that connects Rome to the Mediterranean sea
Tiber river
Higher class
Patricians
Which river ran throug the appenine mountains?
Tiber river
Form of government made in Rome was?
Republic
Republic
A form of government in which people elect leaders and representatives “thing of the people” in Latin
Latins first settled on
Latium plains
What did plebeians want in conflict of orders
1 a voice 2 to be treated as citizens
The alps were in what direction?
North
Plebeians struggled with?
Equality
Veto
To reject “I forbid” in Latin
Two most prized crops in Rome
Grapes-wine olives-food and oil
Did plebeians get what they wanted in conflict of orders?
Yes
Name the three main cities
Rome, alba longa, and Naples
what did patricians hold
Political and military power
Checks and balances
A system in which each branch of government limits the power of another branch.
Four things that early settlers looked for when deciding to build their cities were
Fresh water, sea access ports, good land, protection.
Why did patricians let’ Plebians get what they wanted?
They left the city and camped in a nearby mountain and refused to make food or do military work until they got what they wanted.
Name the three islands
Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily
Romans were?
Patriotic