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19 Cards in this Set
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Tributaries
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People who work beneath a higher ranking power
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Servile
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Slavish in character or attitude, obedient, subservient
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Construe
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to analyze, interperet
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Accoutered
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to outfit and equip for military duty
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Redress
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to set right, fix, resolve, make amends
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Cogitations
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Thoughtful considerations
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Infirmity
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Weakness in Body or Mind
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Pompey
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a Roman general and political leader who was defeated in battle by Julius Caesar
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Crassus
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Caesar and Pompey + Crassus = First Triumvirate
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First Triumvirate
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Corrupted alliance of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus
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Lupercus
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Roman god of agricultures and shepheards
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Lupercal
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festival of Lupercus
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Tribune
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an official of Ancient Rome chosen to protect the rights of the common people
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Consul
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either of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic
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Plebian
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commoner
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Patrician
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aristocrat
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SPQR
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the latin senate and the people of Rome
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Pun
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play on words
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Blank Verse
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verse consisting of unrhymed lines, usually of iambic pentameter
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