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Roman republic ch 14 HMS
Roman republic ch 14 HMS
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7th Grade
05/30/2006

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latifundias
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large estates that replaced small farms
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legion
Definition
military unit with 5,000 soldiers
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publicans
Definition
collected taxes for Rome
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plebeians
Definition
poor citizens; paid taxes and served in the army
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consuls
Definition
2 heads of the Roman Republic
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Hannibal
Definition
Carthaginian general in Second Punic War
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dictator
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absolute ruler
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patricians
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the wealthy; members of oldest and richest families
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Twelve Tables
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Roman laws carved in bronze and placed in the Forum
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veto
Definition
power to say no
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legionaries
Definition
member of a legion; soldier
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Senate
Definition
group below the consuls; made of 300 men who served for life
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triumvarite
Definition
group of 3 with equal ruling power
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Hamilcar Barca
Definition
Carthaginian general in 1st Punic War
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Punic Wars
Definition
series of 3 wars between Rome and Carthage
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Julius Caesar
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assassinated by a group of senators on the Ides of March
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corvus
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movable bridge on the front of a ship
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tribunes
Definition
government officials who protected plebeians
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Sicily
Definition
island between Italy and Carthage
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smaller, faster and soldiers could move independently in multiple directions
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Reasons legion was better than phalanx
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board Carthaginian ships to turn a naval fight into more of a land battle
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reasons for the corvus
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selling their votes to politicians
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Poor unemployed farmers survived in the city by....
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paid Rome ahead of time for tax contracts and then collected the taxes at a higher rate
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Publicans in Rome...
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2nd Punic War
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Hannibal leads a sneak attack of Rome
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1st Punic War
Definition
Rome gains control of Sicily
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2nd Punic War
Definition
Carthaginians roam Italian countryside because they have no siege weapons
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3rd Punic War
Definition
Shortest of the 3 wars
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3rd Punic War
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Rome plowed salt into the fields of Carthage
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2nd Punic War
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Rome gains control of Spain
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General Lucius Sulla
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I wanted to double the size of the Senate and weaken the tribunes
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Tiberius Gracchus
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I wanted to divide up public land and give it to the poor
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General Gaius Marius
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I wanted a professional army so I could provide jobs.
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Gaius Gracchus
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I wanted the government to sell wheat at 1/2 price
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Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia
Definition
3 large islands right off the coast of Italy
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Adriatic Sea
Definition
body of water east of Italy
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Hannibal marched through ____ and ___ to attack Italy from the north
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Gaul and Spain
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Italy
Definition
country shaped like a boot
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Carthage
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city in northern Africa near Sicily
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killed by the Senate
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reformers, like the Gracchis, who tried to save the Republic were...
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caused civil war(s)
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Generals who tried to save the Republic ...
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jobs
loyal to their generals NOT to Rome
Definition
professional army was a good idea because it provided... BUT legionaries were...
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