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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.
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