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21 Cards in this Set
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Italian Peninsula
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Peninsula that looks like a boot and juts into the Mediterranrean Sea
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Apennine Mountians
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Mountians that run like a back bone down length of Italian Peninsula
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Latins
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People that settled along the Tiber River in small villages on 7 hills, herded and farmed, Ancestors of Romans
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Rome
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"City on Seven hills', founded by latins
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Etruscans
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People who controlled the Italian/Roman Penninsula at a time
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Republic
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"Thing of the people", government in Rome where some officials where chosen by the people to govern
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Patricians
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Members of the landowning upper class, 300 ran the Senate
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Senate
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Ran by 300 patricians who served life terms, most powerful governing body
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Consuls
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Two Patrician senators elected from their class who supervised the business of government and command armies, could only serve one term
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Dictator
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Ruler with complete control of a government, each Roman one was granted 6 months
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Cincinnatus
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A well respected Roman dictator who organized an army, returned home after many victorys after 16 days!
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Plebeians
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Farmers, merchants, artisans, and traders who took up majority of Roman pop.
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Forum
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Roman market place where the Laws of the Twelve Tables were set
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Laws of the Twelve Tables
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12 tablets that stated Roman law and were placed in the Roman Marketplace
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Tribunes
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Plebeians who were elected to protect their interests, could veto law seen harmful
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Veto
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To block a law from passing
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Jupiter
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The "high" god of the Romans
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Juno
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Jupiter''s wife who protected marriage
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Neptune
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Roman god of the Sea
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Mars
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Roman god of War
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Legion
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Basic unit in the Roman Military, composed of 5,000 men
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