1. Roman Republic – Key Terms
Unit 5: Roman Republic

2. Directions:
Each slide on this PowerPoint corresponds with one “key term” on your Roman Republic key term list. Write the definition for each term in the proper box. You must write EVERYTHING on the slide in the corresponding box. Even if there are multiple bullet points! Do not leave anything out!

3. Republic A Republic is a type of democratic government
A republic is also known as a “Representative Democracy”
In a republic, voters elect officials to run the government

4. Citizenship Membership in a community
A citizen participates in government (ex: voting) and has certain duties and responsibilities

5. Slavery Ownership and complete control of a person
In ancient Rome, slavery was NOT always based on race.

6. Alien A person from another country, a foreigner
Non-Romans living in the Roman Republic

7. Groups of Roman citizens who voted on laws and elected officials
Assemblies
Groups of Roman citizens who voted on laws and elected officials

8. Senate The most influential and powerful of the Roman governing bodies
Controlled public funds and foreign policy

9. Consul
Two chief executives (presidents) that ran the government and served 1 year terms

10. Patricians
Powerful landowners who controlled the government

11. Plebeians
Made up most of the population and were mainly farmers and workers

12. Twelve Tables
Laws of the Roman Republic engraved on twelve stone tablets

13. Mediterranean Basin
A geographic region characterized by the Mediterranean Sea and it’s surrounding land area including:
North Africa
Southern Europe
The Eastern Mediterranean (the Hellenistic world)
Western Asia (Asia Minor/Anatolia)

14. Punic Wars
3 costly wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage over control of the Mediterranean Basin
Carthage = City in North Africa that had once been a Phoenician colony
(The Latin adjective for Phoenician is punicus - That’s why they were called the PUNIC Wars!)

15. Hannibal A Carthaginian general who fought in the 2nd Punic War
He led an army (including war elephants) through Spain and the Alps mountains into the Italian Peninsula from the North

16. Diffusion
The spread of culture

17. Civil War
A war between groups of people within the same country

18. Migration
To move from one place to another to live or work

19. Unemployment
The total number of people who do not have jobs in a particular place or area

20. Julius Caesar A powerful Roman General
Seized power in Rome as part of the First Triumvirate

21. Currency
The money that a country uses

22. Devaluation
A decrease in the value of money

23. Inflation
Rise in prices caused by devaluation

24. Empire
Form of government that unites different territories and peoples under one ruler

25. Imperial
Of or relating to an emperor or empire

26. Regime
A particular government

27. Triumvirate
Political alliance of three rulers

28. Marc Antony A Roman general and ally of Julius Caesar
Member of the Second Triumvirate
Defeated by Augustus Caesar

29. Augustus Caesar Grandnephew of Julius Caesar and heir
Member of the Second Triumvirate
Rome’s first emperor