Rome: The Early Republic - Test

The advancement of the ________ during the early Republic took two main lines: the safeguarding of their ________ and the progressive enlargement of their share of ________.

The Italian economy depended on abundant slave labor, with slaves constituting ____ of the population. Slaves served as singers, scribes, jewelers, bartenders, and even doctors. One slave trained in medicine was worth the price of 50 agricultural slaves.

Modern scholars believe that in the 8th century B.C., the inhabitants of some small Latin settlements on hills in the _________ united and established a common meeting place, the _________, around which the city of Rome grew.

They also supplied the soldiers for the Roman _________ – especially important since Rome was in continual military conflict during the age of the Republic.

Because the consuls often interpreted Rome's unwritten customary law to suit ________, the plebeians demanded that it be written down.

As a result, about 450 B.C., the law was inscribed on twelve tablets of bronze and set up publicly in the Forum. The ________ was the first landmark in the long history of Roman law.

The ________ produced the ________ and supplied the ________ that kept the Roman economy going.

The unofficial body was known as the ________.
It was presided over by plebeian officials called ________, whose job was to safeguard the interests of the plebeians and to negotiate with the consuls and the Senate.

Although the ________ controlled the government, they found themselves unable to exist without the plebeians.

In 509 B.C., according to tradition, the ________ expelled the last Etruscan king and established a ________. The power to rule was transferred to two new officials called ________.

When the Romans conquered the Mediterranean, they took millions of ________ to Italy, where they worked on the large plantations or in the houses and workplaces of wealthy citizens.

Ancient Rome had an ________ whose main purpose was to feed the vast number of citizens and legionaries who populated the Mediterranean region. Agriculture and ________ were supplemented by small-scale ________.