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19 Cards in this Set
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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? |
Tribunes |
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Members of Rome's old and wealthy families? |
Patricians |
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Tax collectors in the Roman provinces? |
Publicians |
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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?
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Garius Marius
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Rome's victories in the Punic Wars brought it territory in? |
Sicily, Northern Africa, Spain |
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By about 275 B.C., the territory controlled by Rome included? |
Italian Peninsula |
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The twelve tables of written law were important because? |
It was in the public |
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In the early years of the Roman Republic, real political power belonged to? |
Patricians |
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After the Romans overthrew their Etruscan king, they created a? |
Republic |
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The Punic Wars were a long series of conflicts between? |
Rome and Carthage |
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What were the cause of hardships for Roman farmers? |
Growth in latifundias,Hannibal,Enslaved war prisioners |
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The group who planned to kill Caesar included? |
60 senators |
