Vocabulary
This is a group of three leaders who share power in Rome.
What is a triumvirate?
This river Caesar crossed in 49 BCE, breaking the law and starting a civil war.
What is the Rubicon River?
This happened after Caesar was assassinated instead of restoring peace.
What are more civil wars / chaos in Rome?
This was the wealthy upper-class group in ancient Rome.
What are patricians?
This river gave Rome fresh water and helped with trade.
What is the Tiber River?
This was one of the highest elected positions in the Roman Republic.
What is a consul?
This event caused the triumvirate to fall apart and led to rivalry between Caesar and Pompey.
What is the death of Crassus?
This shows why senators killed Caesar—they feared he wanted to become this type of ruler.
What is a king?
This group made up most of the common people in Rome.
What are plebeians?
This landform surrounded Rome on three sides and helped protect it.
What is the Italian Peninsula?
This is a system of government where power is shared among elected leaders.
What is a republic?
This group supported Pompey and feared Caesar becoming too powerful.
What is the Senate?
This system of government ended after years of conflict following Caesar’s rise.
What is the Roman Republic?
Plebeians used this strategy to demand more rights by refusing to work or leave Rome.
What is going on strike (or leaving the city)?
These mountains in the north helped protect Rome from invasions.
What are the Alps?
This is a leader who has total power, like Caesar was named at the end of his life.
What is a dictator (for life)?
This conflict began after Caesar refused to give up his army.
What is a civil war?
This new form of government began when Octavian became Augustus.
What is the Roman Empire?
This was a result of the conflict between patricians and plebeians.
What is plebeians gaining more rights and protections?
These hills made Rome easier to defend but harder to build on.
What are the Seven Hills?