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13 Cards in this Set
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Horatius Cocles
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protected the bridge so the Romans could destroy it to prevent the etruscans from getting into Rome.
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Cloelia
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prisoner of the Etruscans- escaped and led the other women
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Menenius Agrippa
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convinced plebian soldiers to come back to Rome and serve in the military
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Coriolanus
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A Roman who invaded Roman territory (attacked Rome) he gave up when his family led by his mother talked to him.
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Cincinnatus
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he was plowing his fields when they wanted him to be dictator-when he was done being dictatorhe went back to plowing his fieds
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Camillus
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awakened by the geese and woke up others to drive the gauls from Rome- after that he was named dictator
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Gaius Fabricius
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after the Romans lost to Pyrrhus
he rejected an offer from pyrrhus's physician to poison pyrrhus but Gaius bound the doctor and sent him back. |
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Pyrrhus
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from mainland Greece. he led a number of Greek towns in southern Italy against Rome in a revolt. he defeated Gaius Fabricius
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Marcus Atilius Regulus
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Roman general during the first punic war- he lost to Zanthippus and was taken prisoner. he was sent back to Rome to negotiate peace and exchange prisoners, but he told them not to agree and then was sent back to the Carthagenians and was killed.
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Hanno
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Carthigenian general who negotiated in bad faith with Regulus after the Carthigenians lost a battle
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Hamilcar
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Hannibal's father- leading general in the first punic war
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Hasrubal
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carth. general in 2nd punic war- took over after Hamilcar
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Hannibal
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the carthagenian general who took over after hasrubal in the 2nd punic war he did well against the romans but he lost.
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