| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Rome | According to legend, Romulus and Remus founded this city |
| Tiber River | Romulus and Remus were twins - their cruel uncle wanted power so he tried to drown them in the T____ R____ |
| leaders | Romulus and Remus were natural born l_____ |
| Romulus | Rome was name after this first king - Rome was the city where this man and his brother washed up |
| 7 | Between 600 and 509 B.C.-Rome had _ different kings-this number king was a cruel Etruscan and the Romans rose against this NUMBER king |
| 509 | Started a republic government in _ _ _ B.C. |
| republic | A system of government where the citizens could vote for their leader but the more weathy someone was, the more power they had - only males with money and property could vote |
| Senate | Romans' lawmaking coucil |
| consuls | Senators elected 2 of these people who shared equal power over Rome |
| consuls | There were 2 of these people and they commanded Rome's army-Each one could override the other by saying "Veto" |
| patricians | Rich, powerful families that made up the Senate - only people who could be Senators |
| 200 | Only a certain number of families were patricians and this AMOUNT of families had all the power |
| plebians | Farmers, artisans, merchants - free citizens - common people |
| plebians | Couldn't participate in government |
| tribunes | Officials elected to protect the plebian rights; interests |
| 451 | In _ _ _ B.C., special gourp of patrician and plebian officials wrote down the roman laws |
| Twelve Tables | The foundation of Roman law was carved down on 12 bronze tables-these tables were placed on the walls of public buildings |
| Twelve Tables | Schoolboys had to memorize them |
| Rome | The center of a growing republic |
| Alexandria | A place in Egypt build by Alexander the Great - 1 of the 3 Magor Mediterranean Powers |
| Carthage | On the northern coast of Africa - Was 1st a Phoenician colony - 3rd century B.C. was a rich trading center |
| 264 | In _ _ _ B.C. Carthage and Rome went to war for control of Sicily - Punic Wars - period of harsh struggle |
| Rome | R___ won the first battles in the Punic Wars - R____ got Sicily, Sardinia, and Corisca - also won hatred of the Carthaginians |
| Hannibal | Son of a defeated general from Carthage - vowed his son H______ would get revenge - first job was to stop the rise of Rome |
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