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The Late Roman Rebublic
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6th Grade
04/05/2011

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republic
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a gov't where people elect leaders to govern them
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dictators
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rulers w/ almost absolute power
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plebeians
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common people
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patricians
Definition
nobles who could be elected to office
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magistrates
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officials who helped run the city
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consuls
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two most powerful magistrates who led the army and ran the city
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Roman Senate
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a council of wealthy and Romans that advised the city's leaders
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veto
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prohibit (I forbid)
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Latin
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the Romans' language
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checks and balances
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methods to balance power within the gov't
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forum
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Rome's public meeting place
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legions
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groups of up to 6000 soldiers who were separated into centuries(group of 100's)
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Punic Wars
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a series of wars that Rome fought against Carthage
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