Y N0t 2 #35-Defining Some Terms

1. republic: a form of government that gives the most power to those who can vote for their leaders
2. patricians: rich landowners who almost all the power
3. plebeians: people like farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population
4. tribunes: a group created by the plebians that was assigned to the task of electing representatives
5. consuls: Rome's two officials
6. senate: the aristocratic branch of Rome's government
7. dictator: a leader who held all of the power in the state to make laws and command the military
8. legions: a military unit that consisted of 10 cohorts (later made 9) that each had 6 centurions, all controlling 80 legionaries. However, the first cohort consisted of 5 centurions controlling 160 legionaries each
9. Punic Wars: set of wars between Rome and Carthage
10. Hannibal: 29-year-old Carthaginian general; wanted to avenge Carthage's earlier defeat (he's the guy who brought the elephants through the mountains to try to get to Rome)