| A | B |
|---|
| No written laws | Break laws you didn't know about |
| If Roman kings were not overthrown | Continue to have kings |
| Alps and Apennines | Mountain ranges in Italy |
| Rome's climate | Good for farming |
| Twelve Tables and Constitution | Written laws |
| Forum | Center of life |
| Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus | Killed for helping poor Romans |
| Rugged | Topography of Italy |
| Senators | Held office for life |
| Cincinnatus | Farmer who became a dictator |
| Roman invasions | Due to the threat of Roman power |
| Hannibal | War elephants |
| Checks and balances | Prevents branches from becoming too powerful |
| Punic Wars | Rome vs. Carthage |
| Sulla and Gaius Marius | Civil war |
| Spartacus | Slave revolt leader |
| Tiberius Gracchus | Created farms for the poor |
| Romans conquered Greece | Romans adopted the Greek way of life |
| Italy's ancient cities | Built on hills |
| During difficult wars | Romans had dictators |
| Republic | Elect representatives |
| Veto | Disagree |
| Group of soldiers | Legion |
| Tripartite | Three parts |
| Common people | Plebeians |
| Nobles | Patricians |
| Consuls | Rome's most powerful magistrates |
| Senate | Advised the consuls |
| Reason something is done | Purpose |
| Aeneas | Trojan hero; founder of Rome |
