40942718 | patricians | the wealthy class in Roman society; landowners | 0 | |
40942719 | plebians | Members of the lower class of Ancient Rome including farmers, merchants, artisans and traders | 1 | |
40942720 | essenes | Religious group which believed the temple of worship was impure | 2 | |
40942721 | latifundia | huge estates bought up by newly wealthy roman citizens | 3 | |
40942722 | cicero | a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC) | 4 | |
40942723 | tiberius gracchus | Grandson of General Scipio; Proposed law to take land back from Senators and give it to the landless. ; Very popular with the masses; Opponents organized a riot where he was killed. The senate were the opponents and they got away with killing Tiberius; He was very popular with the poor people; Scipio lead Romans into Zama; - some of the land could have come from the senators | 5 | |
40942724 | paul of tarus | One of the most important figures in the spread of christianity, he worked to spread Jesus's teachings and wrote letters that explained key idead of christianity | 6 | |
40942725 | gaius marius | Roman general who was elected as a consul and brought major changes to Roman Political scenes | 7 | |
40942726 | etruscans | An ancient people living in Italy and Corsica | 8 | |
40942727 | augustus caesar | The first empreror of Rome, the adopted son of Julius Caesar, help Rome come into Pax Romana, or the Age of Roman Peace | 9 | |
40942728 | lucius cornelius sulla | Wanted to restore power to the Senate and aristocracy; Marius blocked a political appointment that Sulla wanted and Sulla took revenge; Sulla's army attacked Rome (big no no), defeated Marius; Declared himself dictator from 82 - 79 BC; Enlarged the Senate to 600 members; Proved a ruler with strongest army could control Rome | 10 |
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