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The twins that founded Rome
The laws carved on bronze tablets displayed in the Forum
What are the Twelve Tables?
Term that means to reject
What is veto?
The poorer class of craftsmen and farmers in ancient Rome
Who are the Plebeians?
A story about famous people and events of the past
The river that ran through Rome and helped with trade
What is the Tiber River?
The center of Roman politics and business
What is the Forum?
This person led a slave rebellion in 73 B.C.
Who is Spartacus?
The Roman government where people voted for their rulers
What is a republic?
Group of 300 men elected to govern Rome
What is the Senate?
The two groups that greatly influenced Rome
Who are the Etruscans and the Greeks?
The wealthy bought up farms, forcing poor farmers to find work here
What is the city?
This group of people did all the manual labor, farmed, and mined
Who are slaves?
The wealthy, land-owning class in ancient Rome
Who are the Patricians?
Type of government where a group of few wealthy patricians held control
What is Aristocracy?
Leader that held complete control during times of crises
What is a dictator?
Ancient Rome was a ____________, meaning a society where men have all control
What is a Patriarchy?
The trait that was most valued by Romans
What is loyalty?
The group of gods Roman religion was based on
What is the Pantheon?
The method Plebeians used to gain more power in government
What is a strike?
The two factors that helped Roman agriculture
What is fertile soil and mild climate?
You could get an education you were a _________ and ________.
What is a boy/man; rich/wealthy?
Official chosen by plebeians to protect their rights in government
What are tribunes?
Rome's greatest public speaker that spoke out against threats to the republic
Who is Cicero?
Roman dictator that helped Rome during a time of crises and then went back to farming
Who is Cincinnatus?