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19 Cards in this Set
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Equestrian |
Romant social class ranking just below the senators |
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Denarius |
Silver coin introduced by the Romans in 212 b.c.e., it became the standard coin of the Mediterranean world |
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Bailica |
A large rectangular public building with a large middle aisle and two side aisles |
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Circus |
Long oval racehorse for chariot races and other forms of entertainment |
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Polybius |
Greek who was held as a hostage in Rome and wrote a history of Rome's rise to world power |
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Proconsul |
A senator who in the past had held the office of consul and later served as a provincial governor with the power of imperium |
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Tithe |
Form of taxation, one tenth of everyone's crops, imposed on some roman provinces, other provinces paid tribute, a fixed annual amount |
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Latifundia |
Large estates belonging to roman senators |
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Gracchis |
Tiberius and gaius gracchus, romantic reformers from about |
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Cimbri and teutones |
Celtic peoples who attacked roman territory beginning in 113 b.c.e., finally defeated by Marius in 101b.c.e. |
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Marius |
Roman general who created the volunteer army in about 108b.c.e. |
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Volunteer army |
Professional roman army compromised of men without any property |
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Sulla |
Roman senator who used his army to overthrow the government in 88b.c.e. |
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Proscriptions |
List of enemies published by sulla |
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Crassus |
Very rich senator, member of the first triumvirate |
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Julius Caesar |
Member of the first triumvirate who conquered Gaul and seized control of Rome after a civil war |
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Spartacus |
Thracian slave who led a revolt of slaves against Rome in 73b.c.e. |
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Client king |
Foreign ruler appointed by a dependent on the romans |
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Cicero |
Roman senator known as an excellent speaker who was consul in 63b.c.e. and suppressed the conspiracy of Catiline |
