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sfs ss final 8
chapter 8 - section 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| wealthy landowner and member of the ruling class in ancient Rome | patrician |
| plebeian | member of the common people in ancient Rome; most people in early Rome were plebeians |
| consul | one of the two top government officials in ancient Rome |
| to reject | veto |
| important government official in ancient Rome; main job was to interpret the law and act as judges in court | praetor |
| ---- ----- Rome had a tripartite, or three part government - one group ran the government , another group made laws, and a 3rd group acted as judges | Rome's Government |
| there was a system of ---- ---- ----- in place so that one group could not become too powerful | checks and balances |
| branch of US government that makes the nation's laws | legislative branch |
| branch of US government that enforces \ carries out the nation's laws | executive branch |
| branch of US government that interprets the nation's laws | judicial branch |
| Rome's most important lawmaking \ legislative body; consisted of a select group of about 300 patrician men who served for life | senate |
| in ancient Rome, a person who ruled with complete power temporarily during emergencies | dictator |
| Roman dictators were ----- by the Senate in times of great danger and when the danger was over the dictators gave up their power | appointed |
| ----- dictators often seize power, frequently using military force then they DO NOT give up their power voluntarily, instead ruling until they are removed from office by force | modern |
| early Roman dictator; around 460 B.C. a powerful enemy surrounded a Roman army | Cincinnatus |
| Cincinnatus and his ---- quickly defeated the enemy and returned to Rome where he returned to his farm after only serving as dictator for 15 or 16 days | army |
| Rome's first code of law; laws written on tablets that described the rights of each person in the Roman Republic | Twelve Tables |
| ancient city on the northern coast of Africa; Rome's opponent in the Punic Wars | Carthage |
| dispute between Carthaginians and Romans; both Carthage and Rome wanted to control the island of Sicily and lasted more than 20 years then Sicily came under Roman rule | First Punic War |
| to punish Rome, Carthage sent its greatest general Hannibal to attack Rome in 218 B.C. where the Romans were able to defeat the Carthaginians again | Second Punic war |
| after the Second Punic war --- ruled the western Mediterranean | ruled |
| great Carthaginian general who led an army against the Romans during the Second Punic War, Hannibal's forces included an army of about 46,000 men, horses and 37 elephants | Hannibal |
| Roman general who invaded Carthage in 202 B.C. defeated the Carthaginians at the Battle of Zama | Scipio |
| last battle of the Second Punic War; Scipio's troops defeated the Carthaginaians | Battle of Zama |
| Carthage became a Roman Province following the ---- ---- ---- | Third Punic War |
| means "our sea" what the Romans began calling the Mediterranean Sea after the Punic Wars | mare nostrum |
| large farming estates in ancient Rome | latifundia |
| in ancient Rome, a 3 person ruling group | triumvirate |
| cheap food and entertainment provided by Roman politicians to win votes of the poor | bread and circuses |
| Crassus, Pompey and Julius Caesar | First Triumvirate |
| a phrase used today to mean making a decision that you cannot take back | crossing the Rubicon |
| modern-day France; Caesar's command area while he was a member of the First Triumvirate | Gaul |
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