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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Romulus and Remus? | creators of rome. Myth. |
| Palatine hill? | site were romulus killed remus. |
| dictatorship? | a political leader given aboslute power. |
| Plebeians? | one of the common farmers, articians, and merchants who made up most of the population. |
| Virgil? | wrote the Aeneid. |
| Tacitus? | Wrote the Analles. |
| Pax Romana? | romans peace. Period of time which peace and prosperity took over. Rome was at it's pike of power. |
| Patricians? | were rich land owners. |
| Hannibal? | brilliant military strategist who wanted to avenge Carthages earlier defeat. |
| Scipio? | -man who made up the plan to attack carthage. -forced hannibal to come back & defend his native city. |
| Carthage? | -rome and carthage went to war. -rome and carthage fought three wars. |
| Cannae? | -battle site were Carthage and Rome fought. |
| Zama? | -happened during the second punic war. -rome and carthage. |
| Twelve tables? | -early attempt of romans to create a code of law. |
| Mark Antony? | -experienced general. -rivals with Lepidus. |
| Octavian (Augustus)? | -occused Antony to plotting to rule rome.-defeated the combined forces of Antony&Cleopatra. |
| Caesar? | -strong leader and genius at military strategy.-served one year as consul.-appointed himself governor of Gaul. |
| Assembly? | -operated on direct democracy.-ordinary citizens not rich landowners. |
| Consuls? | -men send to rule for a short time period. |
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