| A | B |
| Patriarchal society | society in which men ruled their families and people trace their origins through the male ancestors |
| established religion | official religion supported by the government |
| Paterfamilias | absolute power over wife, children slaves, and underage siblings |
| Enslaved, poor, wealthy | 3 social classes in Rome |
| Greeks, Etruscans, or Latin traditions | three important influences on Roman religion |
| provinces | Roman territories |
| empires | a state containing several countries |
| Rome and Carthage | Rome's first civil war began as the result of conflict between |
| Hannibal | general took war elephants through the Alps |
| it gained overseas territories | Rome became an empire |
| made the arm larger by allowing poor citizens to join | Marius reform the Roman army |
| monarchy | form of government ruled the Roman empire after the rise of Augustus |