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Roman Government and Society
Name _________________________
1.
What was a consul?
2.
Why was the Senate so powerful?
3.
Why were the assemblies and tribunes as necessary part of
the government?
4.
What was the veto? Which branch of the Roman
government had this authority?
5.
How did government keep tribunes from becoming too
powerful?
6.
How was civic duty demonstrated in Rome?
7.
What are the three parts of the Roman government?
8.
What do checks and balances do?
9.
How were the first Roman laws written down?
10.
Why did the Romans display the Law of the Twelve Tables in
a public place?
11.
How did the laws of the Twelve Tables remain important?
12.
Why did many people want a written law code?
13.
Where was the Law of the Twelve Tablets kept?
14.
What kind of buildings were in the Forum, and what else
drew people there?
15.
How do you think an Italian farmer who had never before
been to the city of Rome would feel when he first stepped
into the Roman Forum?