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18 Cards in this Set
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Greatest Roman god
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Jupiter
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Who was Romulus' brother
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Remus
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Ruling body of Rome
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Senate
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Sylvia's twin sons were thrown into this river
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Tiber River
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Wife of the god Jupiter
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Juno
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Tyrant who murdered Servius
who was the last king of Rome. Built a temple of Jupiter at Saturnian Hill |
Tarquin
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Roman god of the sea
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Neptune
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Founded in 753 BC
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Rome
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How did the Venetians defeat the Fabii
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Attacked the Fabii while they were on their way to a religious service unarmed. All but one of the Fabii were killed
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Numitor's wicked brother
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Amulius
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The part of the Roman government who had the power to veto any law they did not like
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tribune
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god that Numitor's daughter Sylvia secretly married
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Mars
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2 elected people who were the rulers after the last of the Roman kings (Tarquin) was banished
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Consuls
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Capital of modern Italy
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Rome
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Noble upperclass people in Rome who served as part of the Senate
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patricians
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A story based on fact but which has been exaggerated or mixed up with descriptions of things that are make-believe
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Legend
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Saved Rome by stopping the Etruscans from crossing the bridge over the Tiber River
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Horatius
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Believed in many gods
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Romans
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