| Group that represented the people of Rome, but the Senate had veto power |
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| Written law posted in the Forum; insisted upon by plebeians |
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| Legendary founders of Rome |
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| plebeian assembly that eventually could pass laws for everyone in Rome |
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| Roman name for the Mediterranean Sea |
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| Roman general who allied himself with Cleopatra of Egypt but lost third civil war |
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| early rules passed by Council of Plebeians; applied to plebeians only |
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| section of Rome that served as government center |
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| Triple leadership team of Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar |
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| inner strife between Tribal Assembly and Senate caused by plight of the poor |
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| wealthy landholders and noble families of the Roman Republic; aristocrats |
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| Wars fought by Rome against Carthage |
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| Early Italians who had a monarchy |
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| title taken by Octavian; means "absolute ruler" |
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| common people of Roman Republic |
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| Roman tax collectors who often took too much tax and kept the extra money |
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| North African city against which Rome fought three wars for control of the Mediterranean |
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| office to which Julius Caesar appointed himself for life |
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| Name of two brothers who, as tribunes, tried to help the common people |
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| Carthaginian general who tried to defeat Rome from the north with war elephants |
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| nephew of Caesar who won third civil war and became first Roman emperor |
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| Roman general who vied with Pompey in the second civil war for control of Rome |
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| citizens who fought for Rome; then returned home to no land and no job |
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| Leader who helped defend Greek colonies in southern Italy against Romans |
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| official who protected the rights of plebeians |
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| small town where Romans were defeated twice by Hannibal |
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| leader of Roman patricians |
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| People who replaced the Etruscan monarchy with a republic |
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| champion of the common people in the first civil war |
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| Roman general who led Rome to victory in Second Punic War |
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| governing body that represented the patricians |
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| Absolute authority in the Roman family |
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| general who led the Senate's forces in the first civil war |
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| tribune's power to "forbid" Senate legislation |
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| place at which Scipio defeated Carthage to win Second Punic War |
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