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25 Cards in this Set
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Romulus |
mythical; he was sent down a river in a basket and rescued by a shewolf; him and his brother then created a city for themselves and other misfits |
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gravitas |
seriousness in action |
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virtus |
to be a brave man; manliness |
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patrician |
much smaller; influential and wealthy |
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plebeian |
A larger group of people; everybody who was not rich and powerful |
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consuls |
two elected officials that reign for one year; elected by Populus have the power to control; creates the centuriate Assembly |
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tribunes of the plebes |
gain power; strong reps of the plebeians; have the power to veto |
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Patrocenium |
The patient/client relationship; can be a patron and a client at the same time |
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manipular Legion |
lines of infantry are separated by age and experience; hastati(young),Principes(mid), triarii(veterans) |
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Hannibal |
rome creates an alliance with the Saguntum in Spain and he attacks saguntum; River Trebla- his victory |
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Battle of cannae |
Rome creates a huge army-Hannibal is able to kill 60,000 Romans and is victorious |
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scipio africanus |
victorious in Spain; attacks Carthage in north Africa Hannibal abandons soldiers in Italy; Hannibal has new soldiers-- scipio has experienced veterans |
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polybius |
writes the account of the rise of rome; wants to understand how Romans became the dominant force |
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latifundia |
industrial Farms; slave run; owned by the wealthiest |
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Spartacus |
has an uprising in capua; leads the slaves and the gladiators; Romans end up defeating him |
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sonatas consultum ultimum |
allows the Senate to declare. Of military law |
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Optimates |
Best men; rich |
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Gaius Marius |
New Man; no longer have to own property to be a soldier; has a personal army loyal to him; elected as console 7 times |
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Cornelius Sulla |
Rival of Gaius; gains personal military to fight king mithridates; takes city of Rome |
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Julius Caesar |
becomes console of rome; conquers france(Gallic wars); declares was on rome; victory at battle of Pharsalus |
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Caesarion |
caesar and Cleopatras son |
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Brutus |
does not like Caesar; Caesar brings him to high ranks |
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Octavian |
Caesars adopted son; all power and wealth left to him; rivalry between him and Marc Antony |
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Cicero |
strong opponent with marc antony; believes marc is not fit to be a leader |
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Battle of Actium |
Battle in Greece; sea battle; Antony and Cleopatra abandon their soldiers >> the soldiers moved to Octavian's army |
