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. 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
2. form of government in which citizens vote directly on laws and government actions
   democracy
3. form of government where a ruler holds absolute power
   despotism
4. 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
5. useless, meaningless
   nugatory
6. principle of government under which separate branches are empowered to prevent actions by other branches and are induced to share power.
   Checks and Balances
7. Romans defeated the Greek king Antiochus III and conquered all Greek lands in Asia.
   189 BCE
8. possessing ultimate power
   sovereign
9. local officials who administers the law
   magistrates
10. deprived of the right to vote
    disenfranchised
11. Professor who argued the Roman Republic was, in fact, a democracy because of the citizens ability to vote,
    Professor Alan Ward
12. Romans conquered all of Greece and destroyed the ancient city of Corinth.
    149 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. Professor that argued the roman republic was not a true democracy due to the disenfranchisement of voters.
    Professor Fergus Millar
15. Romans conquered the Greek colonies in southern Italy.
    272 BCE
16. 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
17. 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
18. make laws
    legislate
19. form of government in which power is held by the nobility
    aristocracy
20. Greek Historian who greatly admired the romans and wrote to describe how Rome came to dominate the world.
    Polybius
21. fair
    equitable
22. Rome defeated and destroyed the city-state of Carthage, its major rival in the Mediterranean region.
    146 BCE
23. Plebeians rebelled against the patricians over their burden of debt and lack of political rights, beginning a time of social conflict.
    494 BCE
24. Greek historian Polybius completed his Histories, detailing how Rome came to dominate the world.
    119 BCE