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30 Cards in this Set
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Consul
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In the republic, the highest rank in Rome.
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Pontifex Maximus
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The highest religious rank in Rome
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Aedile
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A political office in charge of the infrastructure of the city he was stationed in.
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Questor
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A political office in charge of the money distribution in whatever city he was stationed in.
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Tribune of the Plebs
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A rank allowed to observe senate meetings, veto senate laws, and create new laws. E.g Tiberius, and Gaius Gracchus, and Clodius Pulcher
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A dictator
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A man appointed to have full imperium during a crisis.
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Master of the Horse
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A dictator's second in command.
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Pleb
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A person who can not trace his ancestry to the original Roman senate.
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Patrician
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A person who could trace his ancestry to the original Roman senate
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Legate
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Commander of a Legion
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Maniple
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A group of 120 men
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Cohort
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A group of 600 men, or 5 maniples
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A Legion
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a group of 6000 men or 10 cohorts
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Carthage
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One of Rome's greatest rivals, a city situated in what is now Tunisia.
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Hamal Kar Baraka
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A general from Carthage, famous for his war against the Romans in the first Punic War.
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Hannibal Baraka
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Son of Hamal Kar, he is famous for his actions in the second Punic War.
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Hasdrubal
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Brother of Hannibal.
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Mago
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Brother of Hannibal.
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Gaul
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What is now France, Conquered by Julius Ceaser in the 40s B.C.
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Germania
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What is now Germany, Never conquered,
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Iberia
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What is now Spain, highly contested by the Romans and Carthaginians.
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Greece
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What is now, Greece, Conquered by the Romans in the 200s B.C.
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Asia
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What is now eastern Turkey, Home of Mithradates the VI.
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Africa
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What is now Tunsia, and parts of Libya. Where Carthage used to be
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Teutoberg Forest
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A Forest in Germany where a Roman General was ambushed by Germanic Warriors.
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Battle of Cannae
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A battle at a small Italian Village, where Hanibal's 20,000 beat the Roman 90,000.
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Battle of Carrhae
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A Battle in Parthian Territory, when Rome was completely defeated by Parthia
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Lucius Sulla
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The first dictator who was appointed for a life term, except he gave up power when he believed he had finished his job.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
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One of the greatest orators in the classical period.
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Tiberius Gracchus, and Gaius Gracchus
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Two brothers who were famous tribunes of the plebs.
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