| A | B |
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| republic | term for a government where people elect leaders to make decisions for them |
| dictator | term for absolute ruler |
| Twelve Tables | written collection of Roman laws |
| patricians | the upper class Romans in the Republic |
| veto | the power to reject proposals |
| plebeians | the common people of the Roman Republic |
| Hannibal | Carthaginian general who attacked Rome from Spain |
| Tiberius Gracchus | a wealthy Plebeian who wanted Rome to give huge tracts of land to army veterns |
| senators | were responsible for the deaths of Tiberius Gracchus Gais Gracchus and Julius Caesar |
| Carthage | Rome's rival in the Punic Wars |
| Rome | entered the Punic Wars with the stronger army |
| Carthage | entered the Punic Wars with the stronger navy |
| First Triumvirate | Pompey Crassus and Caesar |
| Gaius Marius | was a popular general who recruited soldiers from the poor |
| Julius Caesar | was killed because it was feared he would become king |
| Rubicon | River crossed by Caesar |
| Spartacus | leader of a revolt of Roman slaves |
| Lucius Cornelius Sulla | Roman military leader who became dictator and made a list of his enemies |
| Gaul | The area Caesar brought under control ( present day France) |
| Octavian | defeated Mark Antony |
