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144104653RepublicPower rests with citizens who have the right to vote to select their leaders.0
144104654PatriciansAristocratic landowners who held most of the power.1
144104655PlebeiansCommon farmers, artisans, and merchants who made up the majority of the population2
144104656TribunesTribunes were plebeians who protected the rights of the plebeians.3
144104657SenateAristocratic branch of Rome's government.4
144104658DictatorA leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army. Ex. Julius Caesar5
144104659LegionRoman soldiers were organized into legions. Legions were made up of some 5,000 soldiers (infantry)6
144104660Punic WarsA series of three wars between Rome and Carthage (264-146 B.C.); resulted in the destruction of Carthage and Rome's dominance over the western Mediterranean.7
144104661HannibalMilitary strategist who wanted to avenge Carthage's earlier defeat.8
144104662ScipioRoman general who admired Hannibal and eventually defeated Hannibal and his forces.9
144104663Civil WarConflict between people within the same country.10
144104664Julius CaesarDictator who brought peace and order to Rome.11
1441046651st TriumvirateMade up of Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey.12
144104666TriumvirateA group of three rulers.13
144104667Absolute RulerOne who has total power.14
1441046682nd TriumvirateMade up of Octavian (Augustus), Lepidus, and Mark Antony.15
144104669Pax RomanaRoman Peace16
144104670GladiatorsProfessional fighters who fought to death in public contests.17
144104671CarthageCity in North Africa, ruled by the Phoenicians.18
144104672RomeCity on the Italian Penninsula, center of the Roman civilization.19
144104673GaulPresent-day France and Province of the Roman Republic/Empire.20
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