Sicily
Two most powerful magistrates in Rome
consuls
A war with the same country.
Civil War
Rome's public meeting place.
The Forum
Rulers with almost absolute powers.
Dictators
The most powerful general of the Roman Republic.
Caesar
Rome's common people.
Plebeians
Caesar's adopted son, also known as Augustus.
Octavian
A government in which people elect their leaders.
Republic
Methods that balance power.
Checks and balances
Rome fought the Punic Wars against.....
Carthage
Rome's first written code of law.
The Twelve Tables
According to Roman legends, Rome's founder(s)
Romulus and Remus
Two major mountain ranges that run through Italy.
Alps and Apennines
Geographic term for Italy
Peninsula
Three parts of Roman government
Magistrates, Senate, Assemblies & Tribunes
Two groups Roman society was divided into
Patricians and Plebeians
Organized groups of soldiers
Legions
Encouraged the poor to join the army
Gaius Marius
Former gladiator that led slaves in a revolt
Spartacus
Defeated Marius in the Civil War in Rome
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Was respected by his soldiers because he treated them well
Julius Caesar
Two men that ruled Rome with Caesar for ten years
Pompey & Crassus
Event that historians believe marked the beginning of the Roman Empire
The naming of Augustus (from Octavian)
Name of the first 200 years of the Roman Empire
Pax Romana
Names of Marc Antony's two wives
Octavia & Cleopatra