Ancient Rome Flashcards
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- Omen
- A thing or event that is believed to foretell good or evil
- Senate
- In Ancient Rome, the supreme council of state of the Republic and later, of the empire
- Republic
- A form of government in which people elect officials
- Consul
- Either of two main elected officials of the ancient Roman Republic
- Patrician
- A member of the small class of wealthy families in Ancient Rome
- Plebian
- In ancient Rome, a member of the large class of ordinary citizens
- Debt Bondage
- A condition in which a poor person became an unpaid servant to a wealthy person to whom he owed money
- Dictator
- A ruler who has absolute power
- Aqueduct
- A bridgelike structure built to carry water from a distant source
- Assassinate
- To murder someone especially for political reasons
- Elite
- In ancient Rome, the upper class
- Province
- A territory
- Rhetoric
- The art of effective writing and public speaking
- Ritual
- A ceremony or rite; the prescribed form for a religious or solemn ceremony