Absolute Ruler
Dictator
A group of 3 people having equal power
triumvirate
Members of the oldest and richest of Roman families
Patricians
Roman tax collectors
publicans
Large estates
latifundias
A form of government where people choose their rulers
republic
Roman soldiers
legionaries
To say “no” to
veto
Poorer citizens
plebeians
Two people at the head of the Roman Republic
consuls
These two brothers were known as “reformers”
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus Gaius Sempronius Gracchus
Outcome of 1st Punic War
Rome gains Sicily
Outcome of 2nd Punic War
Carthagians pay a huge sum of money to the Romans and lose most of territories, including Spain.
Outcome of the 3rd Punic War
Total devastation to Carthage and Corinth. Towns burned Total devastation to Carthage and Corinth. Towns burned. Salt plowed into the fields. People murdered or enslaved.
This Carthaginian ruler used elephants and crossed the Alps
Hannibal
This was the Etruscan King overthrown by the Romans
Tarquin the Proud
This member of the Roman Republic was chosen for life
senators
What is a corvus
A moveable bridge added to a boat to transfer troops
What are the 12 Tables
The bronze tablets that the Roman laws were written on
What is the Ides of March?
March 15th
Where was Hannibal’s only defeat?
Zama
Who were the members of the 1st triumvirate?
Marcus Licinius Crassus Gnaeus Pompeius Julius Caesar
Who were the members of the 2nd triumvirate
Marcus Antonius (Marc Antony) Octavian Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
What does the word “Punic” mean
Phoenicians
He was the first lower class citizen to hold a high office in the Roman Republic
Gaius Marius
This member of the 2nd triumvirate became the sole ruler of the Roman Empire
Octavian
What were some of Caesar’s accomplishments
Redistributed state lands founded new colonies gave land to ex-soldiers built roads and buildings drained marshes provided jobs to thousands