Roman Republic Review - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. form of government in which power is held by the nobility
   aristocracy
2. make laws
   legislate
3. Professor that argued the roman republic was not a true democracy due to the disenfranchisement of voters.
   Professor Fergus Millar
4. form of government in which citizens vote directly on laws and government actions
   democracy
5. deprived of the right to vote
   disenfranchised
6. possessing ultimate power
   sovereign
7. local officials who administers the law
   magistrates
8. fair
   equitable
9. Rome defeated and destroyed the city-state of Carthage, its major rival in the Mediterranean region.
   146 BCE
10. Romans conquered the Greek colonies in southern Italy.
    272 BCE
11. Plebeians rebelled against the patricians over their burden of debt and lack of political rights, beginning a time of social conflict.
    494 BCE
12. A law passed by the Tribal Assembly made all new laws passed by the Plebeian Council binding for the Senate and all patricians.
    287 BCE
13. Octavian defeated Mark Anthony and Cleopatra, conquering the last Greek kingdom in the world in Egypt. Octavian was appointed Augustus, the first emperor of Rome, signaling the end of the Roman Republic.
    30 BCE
14. Tarquin the Proud, the last king of Rome, was overthrown by a group of patricians upset over his abuse of power. The Roman Republic was proclaimed.
    509 BCE
15. the period in which the city-state of Rome existed as a republican government (from 509 B.C.E. to 27 B.C.E.)
    Roman Republic
16. Professor who argued the Roman Republic was, in fact, a democracy because of the citizens ability to vote,
    Professor Alan Ward
17. Romans defeated the Greek king Perseus and conquered northern Greece. Greek historian Polybius was captured and taken back to Rome. Polybius entered into the service of the Romans after befriending several high-ranking Roman officials and began
    167 BCE
18. Greek historian Polybius completed his Histories, detailing how Rome came to dominate the world.
    119 BCE
19. Greek Historian who greatly admired the romans and wrote to describe how Rome came to dominate the world.
    Polybius
20. Romans conquered all of Greece and destroyed the ancient city of Corinth.
    149 BCE
21. form of government where a ruler holds absolute power
    despotism
22. Romans defeated the Greek king Antiochus III and conquered all Greek lands in Asia.
    189 BCE
23. useless, meaningless
    nugatory
24. principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.
    Checks and Balances