Vocabulary
Define Patrician
Upper class citizen of Rome
politicians, military leaders, land owners, and religious leaders
Patricians
Romes land is…
A rocky and mountainous peninsula
The three branches of goverment…
Executive, legislative, judicial
First way Rome united there large empire…
They were patriotic
Define Plebian
Lower class citizen in Ancient Rome
Farmers, laborers, shop keepers, and merchants
Plebians
The mountain range east of Rome is…
Appenine mountains
What system of government did they have in ancient Rome
A republic
2nd way Rome united there empire…
Granted citizenship to people who had lived in the regions that they took control over
Define Veto
To reject “I forbid”
What percent of people in Ancient Rome were Plebians?
95 percent
The mountain range north of Rome is…
The Alps
the Two parts Of the executive branch…
2 consoles one pleb. And 1 Patr.
3rd way Rome united there empire…
Absorbed achievements of conquered people to help themselves advance
Conflict of Orders
A revolt where the Plebians left Rome until they got the rights they wanted
What rights did the plebians want that caused the Conflict of Orders?
Voice in the goverment, and to be recognized as citzens
the three seas that touch Rome…
Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea
caused the formation of Romes system of goverment…
The conflict of orders
4th way Rome united there empire…
Allowed conquered people to keep there own language and religion
Define checks and balance
A system in wnich each branch of goverment limits the power of another branch
What did Plebians have to do that patricians didn’t?
the three plains..
Tuscan Plains, Latium Plains, Companian Plains
the two parts of the legislative branch…
Senate and the assembly
5th way Rome united there empire
Constructed a network of roads to allow for more efficient travel and trade