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Cicero   Rome’s greatest public speaker  
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Sicily   an island that is part of Italy  
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latifundia   large farming estates worked by enslaved people  
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patrician   wealthy landowner  
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plebian   middle class citizen  
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Roman Confederation   a system of rule where Romans gave full citizenship to some conquered peoples  
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Pax Romana   200 years of peace that began with the rule of Augustus  
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dictator   a person who ruled with complete power  
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Aeneid   legend of Trojan hero said to have begun Rome  
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Romulus and Remus   two brothers that were saved by a wolf… eventually Romulus founded Rome  
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Beware the Ides of March!   Caesar was attacked and killed on the senate steps on March 15, 44 BCE. He was killed by “friends”!!! Et tu, Brute?  
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The first Imperator   Octavian renamed himself Augustus, “the revered or majestic one” and began the Roman Empire.  
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Twelve Tables   Rome’s first written laws.  
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Cincinnatus   a dictator who served 16 days, just long enough to avert danger and step down.  
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The Roman alphabet   drew influence from both the Phoenicians and the Greeks.  
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Hannibal   a general in the Second Punic War-he used elephants in battle and had his troops ride over the Alps to attack from the north.  
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