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Gr 7 History Ch 7
Grade 7 History Ch 7 Review - People
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gauls, Greeks, Etruscans, Latins | the early inhabitants of Italy |
| Romulus, Remus | the two brothers in the legend of Rome's beginning |
| plebeians | the common people of Rome |
| patricians | weathier Romans |
| Pyrrhus | the Greek king whose victories over Rome cost him many men |
| Hannibal | used elephants in his march through the Alps during the Second Punic War |
| Scipio | led the Roman attach on Carthage during the Second Punic War |
| Pompey | elected consul in 70 BC; captured Jerusalem in 63 BC |
| Julius Caeser | ruled the Roman Empire from 49 to 44 BC |
| Antony | Caesar's closest friend; defeated at Actium |
| Octavian | Julius Caesar's adopted son and heir; became known as Caesar Augustus |
| Cleopatra | last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt; committed suicide with Antony in 31 BC |
| Herod | Palestinian king at the time of Christ's birth |