Republic in Crises
The brothers that tried to come up with government reforms for the poor, the senate responds by doing this
Killing them both
Crassus and Pompey were dually elected as consuls but soon became unpopular. This rising star took their place in 70BC
Julius Caesar
Many looked down upon his claiming himself this
Emperor and living God
An effective weapon that relied on a system of tension and release
Catapult
Four items a roman Legionnaire wore
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The two generals that battled for control of Rome that started a civil war
Marius and Sulla
The political alliance of Pompey, Crassus and Caesar
First Triumvirate
Not necessarily a flaw but a great relationship with this queen of Egypt that extended rule of Mediterranean
Cleopatra VII
Countries or areas that Rome ruled after the last Macedonian and Punic Wars Name three
Iberian Peninsula/Spain, Italy, Africa, Greece, France/Gual
Marriage was not for love but for this reason
Political gain or status
The reason retired soldiers were more loyal to their generals
Generals were generous and gave them land and support
Caesar's most impressive military victory was over these people from modern day France
The Gauls
Caesar's last words that he cried out to his long-time friend
Et tu Brute? and you Brutus
Three islands in the Med. Sea that Rome strategically took over name three
Corsica, Sicily, Sardinia, Balearic Islands
The general that was asked to be a dictator in a time of crisis. He did his job and returned home
Cincinnatus
The two generals that put down Spartacus's rebellion
Crassus and Pompey
When Crassus passed the triumvirate broke down and this guy took over as Consul while Caesar was in Gaul
Pompey
He wrote a play about Caesar
William Shakespeare
The Gauls were defeated in what is this present day country
France
One of Rome's most brilliant speakers who used his speeches to attack those he believed were a threat to the republic
Cicero
Factors that weakened the republic ( name three)
Greed of the rich
Inequality between rich and poor
failed reforms
Ambitious or power hungary generals
Soldiers loyalty to generals
Civil war
What the Romans call March 15, 44 B.C.
The Ides of March
In volume 1 of his biography of Caesar he describes the assassination by a group who called themselves liberators
Suetonius Tranquillus
The three mountain ranges that Rome controlled
Alps, Apennines, Pyrenees
The three sciences that are included in Geo-Archeology
Geology, Geography, and Archeology