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Legions
Definition
Roman military units of 3000-5000 foot soldiers and cavalry
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Punic Wars
Definition
Three wars between Carthage and Rome in 264-146 BC
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Punicus
Definition
Latin for Phoenician
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The First Punic War
Definition
Rome suffered several defeats, but developed a superior navy and gained control of the Mediterranean in 264-241 BC
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Second Punic War
Definition
218-202 BC
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Hannibal
Definition
Famous Carthaginian general
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Battle of Cannae
Definition
Hannibal annihilated the Romans in 216 BC
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Scipio
Definition
General who led Roman army into North Africa
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Battle of Zama
Definition
Hannibal lost in this battle and made the Carthaginians to sue for peace in 202 BC
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Third Punic War
Definition
Precipitated by the Numidians attacking Carthage in 149-146 BC
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Numidia
Definition
North African kingdom that joined Carthage
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bread and circuses
Definition
free food and entertainment
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gladiators
Definition
prisoners of war, slaves, or criminals forced to fight in public shows
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Tiberius Gracchus
Definition
championed the cause of the poor and convinced the concilium plebis to enact reforms
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Gaius Gracchus
Definition
Tiberius's brother that was elected tribune in 123 BC, attempted reforms, but later committed suicide
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Marius
Definition
A military leader; the idol of the masses
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Sulla
Definition
A military leader; the champion of the Senate
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Pompey and Julius Caesar
Definition
Two strong and ambitious men that became chief competitors for power
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Crassus
Definition
The individual that Pompey and Julius Caesar joined to form the First Triumvirate
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First Triumvirate
Definition
rule by three men
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Rubicon River
Definition
Caesar crossed this river; Forms the border between Gaul and Italy
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Cleopatra
Definition
Last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty
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Julian Calendar
Definition
basis of our present calendar
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March 15, 44 BC
Definition
Caesar was stabbed to death by a group of Senators
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Mark Antony
Definition
former consul and friend of Caesar's
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Octavian
Definition
Caesar's 18-year-old grandnephew
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Lepidus
Definition
A Roman general that Mark Antony and Octavian joined with to form the Second Triumvirate
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Cicero
Definition
Republican Rome's orator and statesman that was assassinated
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Actium
Definition
One of history's most decisive battles fought between Octavian and Antony
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