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Large farm estates near Rome |
latifundias |
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One ruler who had absolute power |
dictator |
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Ordinary citizens of Rome |
Plebians |
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Three-person group of rulers |
triumvirate |
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Officials who protected the plebians |
tribunes |
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Members of Rome's old and wealthy families |
patricians |
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Tax collectors in the Roman provinces |
punlicans |
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Soldiers in the Roman army |
legionaries |
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Administrative and military leaders of the Roman republic |
Consuls |
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Power to cancel another person's decision |
veto |
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The civil war that followed the death of Caesar ended with |
Octavian winning |
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the military hero who began paying professional soldiers to join the army was |
Marius |
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Romes victories in the punic wars brought it in |
Spain, Sicily, Northern Africa |
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by about 275 B.C. the territory controlled by Rome included |
the whole peninsula of Italy |
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the twelve tables of written law were an important step because |
They made the laws public |
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in the early years of the roman republic real political power belonged to the |
patricians |
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After the Romans overthrew their Etruscan king, the created a |
Republic |
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The Punic wars were a long series of conflicts between |
Romans and Carthaginians |
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What were the hardships for Roman framers |
inslaving war prisoners, Hannibal's invasion, growth of latifundias |
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The group who planned to kill Julius Caesar included |
senators |
