ROME VOCAB

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Cincinnatus

A simple farmer who was chosen as a dictator, or temporary ruler, to save Rome from attack.

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Patrician

A social class of wealthy, powerful landowners; they formed the ruling class in the Roman Republic.

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Plebeian

A social class in the Roman Republic made up of minor landholders, craftspeople, merchants, and small farmers.

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Consul

A chief executive officer of the Roman Republic; two were elected each year to run the government and lead the army into battle.

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Praetor

An official of the Roman Republic; in charge of enforcing civil law.

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Republic

A form of government in which the leader is not a king and certain citizens have the right to vote.

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Triumvirate

A government by three people with equal power.

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Dictator

An absolute ruler.

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Imperator

Commander in chief; the Latin origin of the word emperor.

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Urbanization

The process by which towns and cities become larger as populations increase and more people begin to occupy a central area.

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Paterfamilias

The dominant male head of the household in Roman social structure, which included his wife, sons, their wives and children, unmarried daughters, and slaves.

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Twelve Tables of Rome

A set of laws on public display in Rome established to protect certain rights for both patricians and plebeians in the Roman Republic.

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