Chapter 14 section 1

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Chapter 14 section 1

• Roman Republic

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Vocabulary

• Republic-
• People choose their rulers

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• Patricians-
• Members of oldest and richest families who could
  hold public office or perform certain religious
  rituals

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• Plebeians-
• Poorer citizens who paid taxes and served in the
  army, could not marry patricians or hold public
  office

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• Consuls-
• Head of the Roman republic who were chosen each
  year.
• Administrators and / or military leaders
• Both had veto power- power to say no to acts of
  each other

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• Tribunes-
• Government officials who protected the rights of
  the plebeians

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• Legions-
• Way army was organized- each contained 5,000
  soldiers called legionaries and was divided into
  groups of 60 to 120 soldiers

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• Latifundias- large estates that produced crops,
  sheep, for sale (commercial farms)

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• Publicans-
• ancient Roman tax collectors

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• Dictator-
• Absolute ruler of Rome or any country
• Sulla was Romes first dictator

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• Triumvirate-
• A group of 3 persons with equal power
• Romes first Triumvirate was made up of
• Crassus, Pompeius (Pompey), and Caesar

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• 2nd triumvirate
• Mark Antony, Octavian, Lepidus