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13 Cards in this Set
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people who migrated into Italy by about 800 B.C. they settled along the Tiber River in small villages and they herded and farmed
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The Latin People
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ruled much of central Italy including Rome itself they got their alphabet from the Greeks they used engineering techniques to drain the marshy lands along the Tiber their gods and goddesses merged with Roman deities
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The Etruscan people
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Rome went to war with these people during the Punic wars
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Larthage
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Was an ambitious military commander he dominated Roman politics
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Julius Caesar
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Was given the title of Augustus or exalted one he exercised power and named his successor just as a king would do
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Octavian
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Was a 200 yr. span that began with Augustus and ended with Marcius Aurelius is known as Roman Peace
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Pax Romana
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a system of gov't which officials are chosen by the people
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republic
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one representing a district in a legislative body
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representative
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the most powerful governing body
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senate
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members of the landholding upper class
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patrician
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farmers merchants artisans and traders who made up the bulk of the population
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plebians
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ruler who has complete control over gov't
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dictator
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476 when the empire fell
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Roman empire
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