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1. Any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)

2. A Roman general and a conservative politician - holding the office of consul twice as well as the dictatorship. A gifted and effective general - Sulla marched his armies on Rome twice - enjoying the absolute power of a dictator. As dictator - he enac

3. (in ancient Rome) overseer of morals (also taking the census); person who eliminates inappropriate matter;

4. In the early Roman Republic - one of the richest classes in the Roman army - those who could afford to maintain a horse. By the late Republic - their role expanded into banking and commerce.

5. (149-146 BCE) was due to a treaty put in place after the second Punic war which made all military action done by Carthage need to be accepted by Rome. Carthage did not do this when a roman ally attacked them. So Rome attacked Carthage and destroyed t

6. Huge Roman estates created by buying up several small farms.

7. A military unit of the ancient Roman army - made up of about 5 -000 foot soldiers and a group of soldiers on horseback.

8. In ancient Rome - a political leader given absolute power to make laws and command the army for a limited time.

9. The wealthy class in Roman society; landowners

10. Magistrate in charge of games - markets or buildings

11. Became consul and began to recruit his army in a new way. He recruited volunteers from the urban and rural poor who owned no property. These volunteers swore an oath to the general - not to the roman state. He created a new system of military recruit

12. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

13. Roman politicians who sought to pursue a political career based on the support of the people rather than just the aristocracy.

14. Public entertainment that Roman elites used to keep the plebeians happy and distracted from problems in the empire; a tool used by Julius Caesar to gain the support of the plebeians.

15. The son of Scipio the Elder - who led the Roman forces to begin the third war against Carthage and destroy it

16. People from Etruria - ( north of Rome) that took control of Rome and Latium. Ruled Rome for more than 100 years. Built up Rome - streets - temples. Skilled metal workers Rome became rich from mining and trade

17. To wear out an opponent by delay or evasion rather than confrontation; Fabian was a very successful Roman general.

18. A cruel and insane ruler of the Roman Empire in the first century A.D.; one of the twelve Caesars. To humiliate the senators of Rome - he appointed his horse to the senate.

19. Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68).

20. King like powers that the consuls enjoyed.

21. March 15 - 44 BC the day Ceasar was murdered

22. Two brothers (Tiberius and Gaius); they promoted giving land and voting reforms to the poor. Both were killed because they advocated these reforms

23. Members of the lower class of Ancient Rome including farmers - merchants - artisans and traders

24. Subdivisions of the roman army - a unit of of two centuries that fought independently from other maniples. Roughly 120 men in 4 groups: velites - hastati - principes - triarii

25. Patricians adopted plebians and fed them; the plebian had to follow the partrician and had to vote for the person the partrican wanted him to vote for.

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