The poor class of Roman society including farmers, artisans, and merchants.
What are plebeians?
100
A group of about 300 patricians that advised government officials and made laws.
What is the Roman Senate?
100
An absolute ruler that was usually temporary and only used in emergencies when Rome lacked leadership.
What is a dictator?
200
Minerva
Who is the Roman god of wisdom?
200
The wealthy landowners of Roman society
What are patricians?
200
Two chief executive officers chosen every year to run the government and lead the army into battle.
What are consuls?
200
When the victors of the civil wars that had put an end to the Roman Republic, Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar, joined together to rule Rome in 60 B.C.
What is the First Triumvirate?
300
Roman goddess with the symbol of a dove
Who is Venus?
300
The three groups of people that make up the first Romans
What are the Etruscans, Latins, and Greeks?
300
A popular assembly of officials that had the power to protect plebeians and as of 287 B.C. had the right to pass laws for all Romans.
What is the council of the plebs?
300
When Octavian, Caesar's heir, Antony, and Lepidus joined together to Rule Rome.
What is the Second Triumvirate?
400
Roman god that wore winged sandals
Who is Mercury?
400
Peoples who had a big influence on the culture and development of early Rome.
Who are the Etruscans?
400
Rome's first written code of laws displayed publicly and only applicable to Roman citizens.
What are the Twelve Tables?
400
After the death of Caesar he eventually came to be the first emperor of Rome at the age of 32.
Who is Octavian/Augustus?
500
Roman goddess of the hunt
Who is Diana?
500
A form af government where the leader is not a monarch and the citizens have the right to vote.
What is a republic?
500
Universal law based on reason that applied to all people. Includes principles still recognized today.
What is the Law of Nations?
500
A period of peace and prosperity lasting 200 years and including the rule of the five good emperors.