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7728724096Apennine MountainsMountains that did not hinder trade, communication, or unification in Italy?0
7728727868Greeks, Etruscans, and LatinsThree groups that formed the early Romans?1
7728735112RomulusRome founded on seven hills by a guy named?2
7728736672Tiber RiverRiver Rome is situated on?3
7728738629EtruscansGood with stone and metals?4
7728745826centralizedType of government in the Roman Republic?5
7728815087RepublicRome 509 BC to around 40 BC?6
7728817619patriciansRich land owning class in Rome?7
7728822584plebeiansPoor lower class in Rome?8
7728825862magistratesElected officials the plebeians could elect?9
7728831360tribunesElected by the plebeians to represent them in the Senate?10
7728834166SenateGoverning body of the Roman Republic?11
7728835474ConsulsTwo senators elected by citizens to preside over the Senate?12
7728843797veto"I forbid it" and was used by Consuls in the Senate?13
7728847850Twelve TablesWritten laws for Rome established around 450 BC?14
7728854170CiceroFamous Roman senator, politician, lawyer, and writer?15
7728858483controls Italian peninsulaRome 275 BC?16
7728868028GaulRegion conquered by Rome that is today France?17
7728871713CarthageCity-state in northern Africa that was a big rival to Rome?18
7728905758PhoeniciansBefore independence, Carthage belonged to who?19
7728908168Punic WarsRoman war 264 to 146 BC?20
7729028958North Africa, Spain, and SicilyTerritory Rome gained after defeating Carthage?21
7729036771Vandals and VisigothsResponsible for sacking Rome in the 400s AD ending the Roman Empire?22
7729546238LegionsWhat Rome liked to call its armies?23
7729550940latifundiaHuge Roman estates?24
7729569383Spartacus RebellionRebellion in 73 BC Rome?25
7729577770excess slaves, military serviceTwo reasons Rome did not have small farmers or peasants?26
7729646789Roman womenNo citizenship, no vote, only some educated?27
7729659333promise of landHow a Roman general could raise an army?28
7730278778popularisPatrician politician that is popular with the plebeians?29
7730281494Julius CaesarPopular popularis during the Roman Republic30
7730289099Julius CaesarVoted dictator for life in 46 BC31
7730303151rival senatorsKilled Julius Caesar on the Ides of March?32
7730308573Marc Antony and OctavianFought for power after death of Julius Caesar?33
7730323203Battle of ActiumBattle where Rome was re-united and Octavian gains control of Rome?34
7730702828Sea battle on Ionian SeaWhere did Battle of Actium take place in 31 BC?35
773070881727 BCYear the Roman Republic dies and Roman Empire created?36
7730714113Augustus CaesarFirst Roman Emperor?37
7730723889Pax Romana200 years of Roman peace and prosperity?38
7730727059Augustus CaesarFirst emperor to begin the long successful Pax Romana?39
7730746169plebeiansLost all forms of power under the Roman emperors?40
7730755138free grain and gamesHow the Patricians pacified the plebeians during the Empire?41
7730771941VirgilThe main writer during the Roman era?42
7730779847GreeksThis group strongly influenced Roman writers?43
7730786388EpicureanismPromoted simple living and not pleasing the Gods?44
7730791967StoicismAccepting the will of the Gods and being detached from pleasure and pain?45
7730809978pontifex maximusChief priest in Roman society?46
7730816704polytheist, syncretic, tolerantState of Roman religion?47
7730838392RomeJews fighting who led to the Jewish diaspora?48
7730846770PeterFounder of the Catholic Church and the first Bishop of Rome (pope)?49
7730862339PaulA Jew that was influential in spreading the gospel of Jesus to the Mediterranean area?50
7730868997martyrdomA willingness to die rather than give up beliefs?51
7730878488Emperor ConstantineIssued the Edict of Milan in 313 AD?52
7730885753capital to ConstantinopleBig event for Rome in the year 330 AD?53
7730888199ByzantiumName of Constantinople before name change?54
7730922876Western Roman Empire collapses476 AD?55
7730936572DiocletianDivided the Roman Empire in two parts between 284-305 AD?56
7730941804system of governmentWhat did the Romans give the later Americans?57
7730947706dome, arches, and concreteThree Roman contributions to architecture?58
7730968071language (Latin)Probably the largest contribution the Romans gave to western society?59

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