Ancient Rome Lessons 1 & 2

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Rome

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The former center of both the ancient Roman Republic and the Roman Empire; capital of present-day Italy

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Sicily

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An island in the Mediterranean Sea of the southwest tip of the Italian peninsula.

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Alps

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Europe’s highest mountains, extending in an arch from the Mediterranean coast to the Balkan peninsula.

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Apennine Mountains

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A mountain range on the Italian peninsula.

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Latium

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A plain on the west coast of Italy on which the city of Rome was built.

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Tiber River

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A river flowing southward from north-central Italy across the Latium plain, and into the Tyrrhenian Sea.

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plebians

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Roman citizens who farmed, traded, and made things for a living.

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representative

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A person elected by citizens to speak and act for them.

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Senate

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The oldest and most powerful branch of the Roman Republic.

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tribune

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Citizens who worked to gain rights for the plebeians of Rome. Leaders of the Citizen Assembly.

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consul

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The third branch of the Roman Republic. One of two senators elected each year for the powerful position.

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republic

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A form of government where people elect representatives to speak or act for them. “public things”

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patricians

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Members of Rome’s noble families.

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Twelve Tables

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The Roman Republics collection on laws on 12 wooden tablets.

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Punic Wars

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A series of conflicts between Rome and Carthage in the 200s B.C., ending in a victory for Rome.

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Livy

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Historian of the Roman Republic who wrote about the struggle between plebeians and patricians of Rome.

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Hannibal

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General of Carthage who marched his army from Spain to Rome in the Second Punic War.

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Scipio

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Roman general who defeated Hannibal in the battle of Zama outside Carthage, North Africa.

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Forum

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The city market and meeting place in the center of ancient Rome.

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Carthage

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An ancient city on the north coast of Africa who fought Rome in the Punic Wars.

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Zama

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Site in northern Africa where the Roman army defeated the Carthaginian army in 202 B.C.