Terms from Julius Caesar
POLITICAL TERMS
Bondsman: a slave
MILITARY TERMS
Alarum: a trumpet or drum call to
arms
Commons: the common people
Battle: a unit or part of the army
Consul: the chief magistrate and
highest official in the Roman republic
(there were always two appointed at a
time)
Battles: the armed forces drawn up for
fighting
Charges: the troops
Dictator: one person in total political
and military control
Patrician: a member of one of the
ruling Roman families originally
descended from the Etruscan kings
Cohort: an army division
Ensign: the flag or standard bearer
The horse (or horse in general): the
cavalry
Plebeian: a common person
Praetor: a Roman magistrate, one step
below Consul
Legion: 3000 – 6000 soldiers (from 10
cohorts)
Rabblement / rout: the rabble or mob
Parley: a conference between two
opposing forces
Senators: mainly patricians (wealthy
noble citizens) who made the
Republic’s laws
Tributaries: captives who had to pay
a tribute or ransom to Rome
Tribune (of the Plebs/People): a
magistrate who protected the rights of
the common classes
Triumvirate: a rule by three men.
There were two separate triumvirates:
1) Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus;
2) Mark Antony, Octavian, and
Lepidus.