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CHAPTER 14THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
8th Grade World History
CHAPTER 14 VOCABULARY1. Patricians – Members of Rome’s oldest
and richest families. Only people who could hold public office or perform certain religious rituals.
2. Plebians – poor roman citizens who paid taxes and served in the army.
3. Republic - Roman government set up in 509 B.C.. People choose their rulers.
CHAPTER 14 VOCABULARY4. Consuls – two
heads of Roman republic government. They were administrators and military leaders.
5. Veto – to say “no” to.
6. Tribunes – government officials who protected the rights of Plebians.
CHAPTER 14 VOCABULARY7. Legions – groups of
5,000 soldiers that was smaller and moved faster than the phalanx.
8. Legionnaires – members of the Roman legion.
9. Punic Wars – A series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage during the years 264 to 146 B.C.
10. Latifundias – large estates in Rome that replaced small farms.
11. Publicans – Roman tax collectors hired by the government to collect taxes from people they conquered.