Vocabulary
Define patrician and Plebian
Upper class citizen of Rome and lower class citizens of Rome
What type of land is Italy?
A rocky and mountainous land
the original inhabitants of Rome were
The Latins
Who were the patricians?
The patricians were upper class wealthy land owners. They were the government, military, and religious leaders. They held all of the power.
Civic duty
citizens have a responsibility to help their country.
three branch government
what is the river that connects Rome to the Mediterranean Sea?
the Tiber River
The form of government created in an empire was a
republic
Who were the plebeians?
They were lower class people who made up 95% of the population. There jobs were farmers, laborers, merchants, the military, and artisans. They had no voice in government but still had to pay taxes, serve in the military, and obey laws.
The executive branch
- 2 consuls
-1 pleb. And one pat.
What is. A republic?
A form of government in which people elect leaders and representatives
The Latins first settled on
the Latium Plains
The 5 reasons Rome could not unite under one power:
first they were patriotic (they loved to defend their republic), second they were granted Rome citizenship to people who had lived in the regions that they took control of, third Rome absorbed achievements of the people they conquered, fourth they aloud the conquered people to keep their own language and religion, and fifth they constructed a network of roads to make trade and travel easier.
What was the conflict of orders?
The legislative branch
- senate
-assembly
what is veto?
to reject
the two most prized crops in Rome were
Grapes and olives used for wine and olive oil
The judicial branch
-8 judges
-enforced the 12 tables
-12 tables: gave citizens economic, legal, property, and social rights.
Checks and balances
a system in which each branch of government limits the power of another branch.
Four things that settlers looked for when deciding to build their cities were
the four things that early settlers looked four were fresh water, sea access, good land, and protection. What they found were the Tiber river, the Ionian Sea, the Latium plains, and the Alps mountains.