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Roman Vocabulary

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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ROMAN VOCAB

LEGION

A ROMAN ARMY OF AROUND 3-6K MEN.

PLEBEIAN

A MEMBER OF THE LOWER SOCIAL CLASS.
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Patrician

AN ARISTOCRAT OR NOBLEMAN
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COLISEUM

A LARGE THEATRE OR STADIUM

VETO

THE RIGHT TO REJECT A DECISION OR PROPOSAL
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AQUEDUCT

A ARTIFICIAL CONVEYOR TO BLOCK WATER
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LATIN

THE LANGUAGE OF ANCIENT ROME
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CONSULS

AN OFFICIAL APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO LIVE IN A FOREIGN CITY

REPUBLIC

A STATE OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH THE PEOPLE VOTE FOR LEADERS
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PAX ROMANA

A LONG PERIOD OF PEACE WHEN OCTAVIUS WAS CROWNED DICTATOR
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DICTATOR

ONE OF POWER IN THE GOVERNMENT THAT RULES OVER A EMPIRE

PRAETORS

2 MAGISTRATES WHICH ARE RANKED LOWER THAN CONSULS.
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AGUSTUS CEASER

TOOK OVER FOR HIS STEP-FATHER AFTER HE WAS KILLED.

JULIUS CEASER

SPREAD ROME'S CULTURE BY CONQUERING NEW LANDS.

CHECKS AND BALANCES

MAKES SURE NO ONE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT HAS COMPLETE POWER
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