The Roman Republic Vocabulary
Across
- 5. a raised canal that carries water from one place to another
- 6. a member of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families of Rome
- 7. to reject or refuse to approve a law
- 9. more than one-half
- 10. a person who carries out a government duty
- 12. a form of government in which people elect representatives to rule for them
Down
- 1. a ruler who has total control
- 2. surrounding enemy locations to prevent getting supplies
- 3. clothing made of fabric draped around the body
- 4. a war between groups of people who live in the same place
- 6. a piece of land sticking out into a body of water
- 8. one of two people elected to rule the Roman Republic
- 11. characterized by improper behavior
- 13. a person who was an ordinary free Roman in the lower social class