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27 Cards in this Set
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How long did the first Punic War last?
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23 years.
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Who is Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus?
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He is the first reformer. He became a tribune in 133 BC
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Government officials
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tribunes
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What were the 12 tablets?
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Roman laws were written on these bronze tablets. These laws became the foundation for all future Roman law.
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What is Carthage?
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What people fought in the first and second Punic Wars?
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In what year did Carthage agree to pay Rome a huge sum of money and to give up all it's territories including Spain.
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201BC
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The members of the oldest and richest families.
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Patricians
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A kind of mobile bridge
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Corvos
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A form of government in which the people choose their rulers
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Republic
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The poorer people, such as farmers and artisans.
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Plebeians
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How many years were there between the second and third Punic Wars?
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50 years.
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What are the Punic Wars
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The 3 wars between Rome and Carthage
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What is the importance of Zama?
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This is where Hannibal lost his first battle.
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A group of 3 persons with equal power
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Triumvirate
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In what year did the Carthagians agree to make peace?
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241BC
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The soldiers who were part of the legions
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legionaries
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The power to say no to the acts of others
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Veto
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Administrators and military leaders
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Consuls
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Who is Hannibal Barca?
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A Carthagian general who attacked the Roman army with elephants.
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Large estates that produced crops, shep and cattle for sale at market.
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latifundias
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Who is Gaius Sempronius Gracchus?
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Tiberus' younger brother who was elected as a tribune.
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When did the second Punic War begin?
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218BC
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In what town did Carthage lose it's first battle?
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Zama
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Who clashed in the first Punic war?
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The Romans and Carthagians.
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How the Roman army was organized
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Legions
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What is bootie?
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Things taken from the enemy in war?
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What was present day France?
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Gaul
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