Transcript Political and Military Terms in Julius Caesar

Political Terms
 Bondsman: slave
 Commons: common people
 Consul: chief magistrate/highest official in
Roman Republic
 Dictator: total political control by one
person
 Plebeian: common people
Political Terms
 Praetor: Roman judge/magistrate next to
consul in rank
 Rabblement/Rout: rabble, mob
 Senator: mainly patricians (wealthy, high
born) who make laws
 Tribune: magistrate—protects the rights of
the lower classes
 Triumvirate: rule by three men
Military Terms
 Alarum: trumpet/drum call to arms
 Battle: unit or part of army
 Battles: armed forces drawn up for
fighting
 Charges: troops
 Cohort: army division
Military Terms
 Ensign: flag-standard or standard bearer
 The horse in general: calvary
 Legion: 3000-6000 soldiers of 10 cohorts
 Parley: conference between opposing forces
 Tributaries: captives who had to pay a
tribute or ransom to Rome before they could
obtain their freedom