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38 Cards in this Set
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Under Rome's Tripartite government most of Rome's Elected offiicials were ....
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Magistrates
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In geographic terms Italy is a ...
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Peninsula
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Two major mountain ranges in Italy
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Alps and Apenines
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Rome's first written law code
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The Twelve Tables
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The last Roman Kings were
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Cruel
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Hero of the Trojan War that traveled to Itlay and befriended the Latins
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Aeneas
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Magistrates and Romans who took part in Assemblies had what term of office
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One Year
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How are the Constitution and the 12 tables alike
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They are both written laws
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What caused Roman officials to change Roman Government?
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Plebians (poor) formed their own council and elected their own officials
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The land of Italy is
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Very Rugged
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Aeneas came to Rome from where ?
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Troy
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The First King of Rome
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Romulus
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A farmer who became a Roman Dictator in 458. B.C. and then gave up power willingly to go back to the farm
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Cincinnatus
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Roman governmental body that gained influence over years and took control of Rome's Finances.
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Senate
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Public area located in Rome between two hills.
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Forum
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Senators term of office
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Life
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Rome's last three Kings were ...
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Etruscans
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Leader of a slave Revolt against Rome
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Spartacus
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Because he was a good general his soldiers were more loyal to him than to Rome
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Marius
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Tiberius Gracchus wanted to create what for poor Romans?
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Farms
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Romans adopted much of the culture of what group that they conquered?
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the Greeks
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Had the power to veto actions of other government officials in Rome
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Tribunes
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Elected by the Plebian Council
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Tribunes
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Poor in Rome
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Plebians
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Rich Citizens in Rome
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Patricians
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Rome fought three Punic wars against what state
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Carthage
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The part of the Roman government that protected the plebians were made up of how many branches
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two
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In the Roman Republic, during difficult times they elected a ______ to rule by himself for six months.
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dictator
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Mountains that made it diffucult to travel from one side of Italy to the other
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Apennines
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Bronze tablets that had rome's laws written on them were displayed where?
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Forum
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The laws in the 12 tables represented......
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The rights that all Roman Citizens had.
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The Punic Wars started when ....
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Carthage sent armies to Sicily
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The conflict between Marius and Sulla started .....
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A civil War.
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The organization of the Roman army allowed it to fight.....
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differently in different situations
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This ended the punic wars
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The distruction of Carthage by the Romans,
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The general that launched an attack on Rome in 218 BC
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Hannibal
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Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were both killed because....
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They angered wealthy and powerful Romans
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The killing of the Gracchi brothers made Romans believe that ________ could be used as a political weapon.
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Violence
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