A commoner was also known as a ______.

When the Etruscan monarchy was overthrown, the new Roman leaders set up a form of government called a _______.

The senate decreed the laws and consisted of ____ members from prominant families.

As Rome expanded its power, riches flooded into the country, and a great gap grew between the rich and the poor.

____ _____ means Roman Peace.

Historians agree that Rome began as a small collection of towns along the banks of the _____ _____ in the center of the Italian Peninsula.

The Aeneid was written by the Roman poet ______.

According to legend, two of Aeneas’s descendants, the twins Romulus and Remus, were abandoned at birth and rescued and raised by a she-wolf.

The ancient Romans greatly admired the ancient Greeks.

The _____ tells the story of the founding of Rome.

A forum was a place for the public to gather to hear speeches, shop, worship at temples, and mingle with friends.

The Etruscans lived in the fertile hills of ______.

Rome was not a democracy as we know it today, however, because not all of the people were allowed to participate fully in the new government.

Roman society consisted of _____ social classes.

The ________, whose name came from the Latin word for “fathers,” were the nobles of Rome.

The _______ were common people, such as artisans, laborers, and farmers.

Caesar’s ___________ in 44 BCE led to 13 years of political strife.

In 509 B.C. Romans created the Roman _______, the world's first representative government.

The Roman _____ was a great arena where chariot races took place.

The tribunes had the power to veto the actions of the consuls or the Senate.

Separation of power means that no one person, group, or branch of government has all the power.

A ________ was an official appointed and given power during times of crisis.

Rome's first written laws were produced on 12 _____ tablets.

Hannibal became commander in chief of the Carthaginian army in 221, at the age of ___.

Carthage was called the "Great _____ of the Mediterranean."