Rome Expands
Rome's foe from northern Africa
Carthage
Senators Caesar, Pompey and Crassus formed this alliance to share power
The First Triumvirate
He became Rome's first emperor
Augustus Caesar
Roman symbol of power
fasces
A general who crossed the Alps with elephants and almost defeated Rome
Hannibal
Caesar's final words "and you too, my son" were directed at this assassin
Brutus
The 200 years of peace and prosperity is known as
The Pax Romana
Name of man who became dictator and hands back power to go back to his farm
Cincinnatus
Family name of the brothers who try to get the Senate to give land and food to Rome's poor
Gracchus
Octavian's forces defeated the army of these two leaders at Actium
Antony and Cleopatra
Roman structures that delivered fresh water to towns and cities
aqueducts
This Legislative Branch is bicameral, which means it consists of these two bodies
The Senate an House of Representatives
Wealthy patricians bought up land to create these large farms for profit
latifundia
What does Augustus mean?
revered one or majestic one
Emperor who "fiddled while Rome burned".
Nero
The two mythical founders of Rome
Romulus and Remus