Military/Wars
Units of 6,000 soldiers
Legion
Name of the Trojan that made it to Italy after the burning of Troy
Aeneas
The river that Rome is located next to
Tiber
Wealthy landowners
Patricians
The two men that were killed in attempt to help the poor
Tiberius and Gaius
The name of the 3 wars between Rome and Carthage
The Punic Wars
The twins in Aeneas’s family tree
Romulus and Remus
The reason travel was limited
It was very mountainous
Everyone else in the government, including rich merchants
Plebians
Trade brought the need for
Coin money
What animal did Hannibal lead his army with over the Alps
Elephants
The person that Aeneas married
A Latin princess
Europe’s highest mountains
Alos
Rome’s first king
Romulus
The island that the first war between Rome and Carthage won them
Sicily
How long did the wars between Rome and Carthage last
15 years
Names of the people that influenced Romans
Etruscans
The name of the group that influenced Rome
Etruscans
Government that elected leaders that made decisions for one year
Republic
The sea that merchants brought food in from
Mediterranean Sea
Name of the former gladiator that led 1,00 slaves from Rome to freedom
Spartacus
The people that taught the Etruscans
The Greeks
The high-heeled boot
Italian Peninsula
Where the 12 Tables were kept
The Forum
The two other main things that merchants brought in from the Med. Sea
Metals & Slaves