| A | B |
|---|
| republic | power rests with the people |
| patrician | wealthy landowner |
| forum | marketplace |
| Hannibal | General from Carthage |
| plebian | commoner |
| consul | two of them led Rome |
| senate | ran Roman government |
| tribune | protected the rights of plebians |
| dictator | in charge of Rome and had power of a king for a short time |
| province | lands Rome conquered |
| Romulus | twin / founder of Rome |
| Remus | twin / raised by wolves |
| Etruscans | conquered and united Rome |
| Punic Wars | three wars with Carthage |
| elephants | used as war machines by Hannibal |
| civil war | war within a country |
| Julius Caesar | famous Roman general and dictator |
| Cleopatra | Loved Julius Caesar andlast queen of Egypt |
| Caesar Augustus | emporer of the Roman Empire when Jesus Christ was born |
