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.