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Rome Republic Fall
The Fall of the Rome Republic
Term | Definition |
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Latifundia | Large farming estates |
Julius Caesar | A military leader and one of the richest men in Rome |
Triumvirate | Political alliance of three people |
Rubicon | A small river at the southern boundary of his command area |
Actium | The Battle of Actium was off the coast of greece where Octavian crushed the army and navy of Antony and Cleopatra |
Octavian | Caesar's grand nephew, who inherited his fortune and two of his top generals. |
Antony | One of Caesar’s top generals who fought with Octavian and then against him |
Cicero | a political leader, writer, and Rome’s greatest public speaker |
Augustus | The title that Octavian took when he restored the Roman Republic and became the leader |