| A | B |
|---|
| Senate | Had become the real governing force by the 2nd Century B.C. and controlled foreign and domestic affairs |
| Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus | Two brothers that attempted reform by calling for the government to take back public land held by large landowners and give it to the landless Romans; they were killed by a group of senators |
| Gaius Marius | Left a legacy of a military recruitment that placed more power in the hands of the military generals than the Roman state |
| Triumvirate | A government by 3 people with equal power |
| First Triumvirate | Crassus, Pomey, and Julius Caesar |
| Dictator | Caesar was officially made this, absolute ruler, in 45 B.C. |
| Contributions of Julius Caesar | Gave land to the poor, weakened the Senate, granted citizenship to supporters in the provinces, and introduced the solar calendar |
| Assassinated | Caesar was ____ by a group of senators that feared his dictatorship |
| Second Triumvirate | Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus |
| Octavian | The Roman Republic ended under this ruler |
| Age of Augustus | The period of time between 31 B.C. and 14 A.D. where Augustus stood supreme over the Roman world |
| Cleopatra VII | Antony allied with this queen of Egypt |
| Augustus | The Senate gave Octavian the title of _____, meaning the revered one. |
| Augustus' Successors | Powerful and corrupt |
| Pax Romana | Roman Peace that lasted for almost 200 years |
| Emperors During the Pax Romana | The building of roads and public works was undertaken to help the empire during this time period |
| Greco-Roman Civilization | The mixture of the Roman culture with the existing Greek culture throughout the Roman Empire |
