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Rome vocab section 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rubicon | -a small river at the Southern boundary of Julius Caesar’s command area. He crossed this river when he marched into Italy. |
| Julius Caesar | part of the first Triumvirate. A successful military man who took over Rome as a military dictator. |
| Latifundia | large farming estates |
| Triumvirate | a political alliance of three people. |
| Actinium | - The Battle of Actinium 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 |