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Roman History (88-60 B.C.E.)
History of Rome from the first consulship of Sulla to the formation of the first triumvirate
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10th Grade
02/20/2009

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Mithridates
Definition
Slaughtered Italians and Romans in the east after the social wars
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Marius
Definition
Prevented Sulla from taking command against Mithridates
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March on Roma
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Sulla action taken to regain command against Mithridates
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Cinna
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Controlled Rome during Sulla's absence
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Civil War
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Sulla met his political opponents with this upon his return to Italy
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Pompey
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Assisted Sulla in the civil war of 82 B.C.E.
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Proscriptions
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issued by Sulla in 82 B.C.E. to eliminate political enemies
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Dictatorship
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Held by Sulla before his retirement
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Sertorius
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Ally to Marius that emerged as a threat with a new state in Spain
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Pompey
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Man to whom the senate gave command against Sertorius
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Spartacus
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Led gladiator revolt in Campania
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73-71 B.C.E.
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Years of Spartacus' threat against Rome
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Crassus
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Man to whom the Senate gave command against Spartacus
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Lucullus
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Sent to defeat Mithridates after Sulla's failure
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Pompey
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Took credit from Crassus for defeating Spartacus
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70 B.C.E.
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Year of Pompey and Crassus' consulship
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Rewrite Constitution
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Pompey and Crassus' way to repeal the sullan reforms
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Verres
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Former governor to Sicily prosecuted by Cicero in 70 B.C.E.
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Lex Gabinia, 67 B.C.E.
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Law allowing Pompey to control the Pirates
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Lex Manilia B.C.E.
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Law defended by Cicero that allowed Pompey command against Mithridates
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63 B.C.E.
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Year of Cicero's consulship
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Catalinarian Conspiracy
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Crisis during Cicero's consulship which he ended
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Pistoria
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Battle that sees the end of Cataline's military threat to Rome
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Death without Trial
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Fate of conspirators as deemed by Cicero
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Caesar vs. Cato
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Two men that debated death for the conspirators
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Pontifex Maximus
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Office to which Caesar was elected in 63 B.C.E.
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Triumph, Land for Veterans, and Senatorial Approval
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Three things requested by Pompey when he returned from the east
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Pompey, Julius Caesar, Crassus
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Members of 1st Triumvirate
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