| A | B |
|---|
| republic | citazens who have the right to select their leaders |
| plebians | ordinary citizens, common people |
| consuls | the 2 men who lead the government |
| veto | rejection of a bill by the president |
| dictator | an official who had all powers of the king but could only hold office for 6 months |
| Julius Caesar | a dictator that became permanent & was murdered because of his power |
| Octavian | rival of Mark Antony, rule rome |
| Gaul | central part of Europe that were conquured by Julius Caesar |
| Constantine | emperor of Rome from 312A.D. to 337 A.D. |
| Doiudetian | emperor of Rome from 284A.D. to 305 A.D. |
| corvus | plank with a spike |
| gladius | Roman sword |
| latifundia | Roman estates large pieces of land |
| Sicily | largest island in mediterranean |
| legionaries | professional Roman soldier |
| aqueducts | channel that brought in water |
| patricians | Rich Roman Landowners -highest class |
| triumvirate | three powerful roman officials |
| tribunes | elected officials of the Roman republic |
| The Twelve Tables | Rome's early attempt to create written law |
| early Roman Senate | came after kings, a council of rulers |
| General Hannibal Barca | brilliant Carthagian general |
| Hannibal's Troops | combined infantry and calvary |
| Gaius Marius | Roman general & statesman elected 7 times |
| Gaius Gracchus | Power speaker, reform & social equity |
| who killed Julius Cesar | 60 conspirators, 23 stabbed him, Brutus, Cassius, Ligarius |
| Mark Anthony | roman politician and general,rival of Octavian, both wanted to rule Rome |
