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• Rome's location


  Where the seven hills rise above the Tiber River
• Rome developed concrete
• Etruscan kings of Rome

  All powerful
• Romans didn't like to be ruled by the Etruscan kings

  But adopted many of their gods and their alphabet
• After conquering territory


  Romans often built a new city to be used as its capital
• Slaves from these new territories remained free
• Plebians in the early days of the Roman Republic

  Could not hold office or be senators
• Conflicts between the plebians and the patricians

  Were a reason that Roman generals raised armies and fought for power
• Role of the Senate in ancient Rome

  To propose and vote on laws
• Dictator


  Appointed when the consuls couldn't agree and there was an emergency
• Caesar was killed because he ruled as a king for a very long time
• Augustus came to power and the people were grateful because he brought peace and prosperity to Rome
• Roman armies conquered territories and controlled them in Carthage, Greece, and Gaul (France)
• During the period of 5 "good emperors" Rome enjoyed peace and prosperity
• The 5 "good emperors"

  • Hadrian
  • Marcus Aurelius
• Chapter 8 Vocabulary - Section 1: The Roman Republic


  • republic
  • patrician
  • plebeian
  • consul
  • veto
  • dictator
• republic


  a type of government in which citizens
• patrician


  a member of a wealthy family
• plebeian


  an ordinary citizen in the ancient Roman Republic
• consul


  an elected official who led the Roman Republic
• veto


  the power of one branch of government to reject proposals passed by another branch of government
• dictator


  a person in the ancient Roman Republic elected to rule for six months in times of emergency with all the powers of a king
• Chapter 8 Vocabulary - Section 2


  • governor
  • province
  • Colosseum
  • aqueduct
  • polytheism
  • arch
• province


  unit of an empire
• Colosseum


  a large amphitheater built in Rome around A.D. 70; site of contests and combats
• aqueduct


  a structure that carries water long distances
• polytheism


  the belief in more than one God
• arch


  a curved structure used as a support over an open space
• Chapter 9 Section 1: Roman Daily Life