Latium | | Grandnephew of Caesar;seized control over Rome after Caesar's death; aka Augustus |
Iusnaturale | | Culture and people who controlled early Rome and from which the Romans adopted much of their culture from |
LexHortensia | | Carthaginian general of the second Punic War who invaded Italy |
Pompey | | Ruling legislative body in the city of Rome; began as an advisory body |
LexCanuleia | | Law passed in 287 BC that gave the Concilium Plebis the force of law and ended the Struggle of Orders |
Legion | | Battle of the second Punic War in which Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal in 202 BC |
Etruscans | | Roman general of the First Triumvirate who sided with the Sentate and was defeated by Caesar |
Tiber | | Battle in 31 BC in which Octavian's forced defeated forced of both Antony and Cleopatra |
PunicWars | | Major river and river valley of Northern Italy |
Hannibal | | Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt; had flings with Ceasar and Antony; sided with Antony over Augustus |
Gracchus | | Type of law that evolved from Civile and Gentium; universal law |
Romulus | | Series of three wars (264-146 BC) between Carthage and the Roman Republic |
IusCivile | | Male head of the household who has almost absolute power of the family |
Octavian | | Type of law the applied to Romans and foreigners |
Latifundia | | Roman general; commander under Caesar; member of the Second Triumvirate; fling with Cleopatra that led to his death |
Paterfamilias | | Flexible military unit capable of fighting on open or broken land; 5000 soliders |
ScipioAfricanus | | Roman general who is 88BC seized power in Rome and declared himself dictator |
IusGentium | | One of the two legendary founder of the city of Rome in which the city of Rome is named after |
ConciliumPlebis | | City of North Africa; trade empire; former Phoenician outpost |
Manumission | | Roman general who defeated Hannibal at Zama in 202 BC |
Lepidus | | Huge agricultural estates owned by patricians; banana republics |
Patricians | | The freeing of slaves by their masters |
Sulla | | Watchdogs of the Republic; protected the plebeians from the patricians |
GrecoRoman | | Member of the Second Triumvirate forced out by Octavian |
MarcAntony | | Major battle of the second Punic War in which Rome lost 40,000 troops |
Cleopatra | | River than runs through the city of Rome |
Plebeian | | Type of Law that set rules and regulations for Roman citizens only. |
Senate | | Mountain range than runs down the length of Italy |
Po | | From a nobel family; surviving member of the First Triumvirate; boundless ambition; brilliant politician |
Carthage | | "Fathers" of the city of Rome; wealthy landowners; aristocracy |
Caesar | | Law passed in 445 BC that allowed for open class marriages and created the tribunes. |
Zama | | Fertile regional plain in which the city of Rome is located |
Cannae | | Council of the Plebs; legislative body |
Tribunes | | Overall culture of the Roman world; combines Roman and Hellenistic cultures |
Apennines | | Roman patrician aristocrats (2 brothers) who called for land reform but were both assassinated |
Consul | | Common people of Rome |
Actium | | Magistrates who commanded the army in battles, administered state business and supervised financial affairs |