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At first, who was allowed to serve in Rome’s legions?

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property-owning citizens, and they had to supply their own weapons

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What did each consul lead?

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An army of two legions

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How many men did one legion consist of?

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4200

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What did people do when the Batle season finished in october?

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they went home

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Why did consul Marius allow poor landless citizens to volunteer?

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citizens who owned property became reluctant to serve

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6
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Who supplied the poor citizens’ equipment?

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the governemnt

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What did the government supply?

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bronze helmet, mail armor, javelin, oval shield

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What are legionaries?

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professional soldiers

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9
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What did marius do for maximum strength and flexibility?

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he reorganised the legions

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10
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How did marius reorganise the legions?

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He grouped squads of men into 100men units. these units were grouped into 600men divisions.

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How did the reorganisation help rome?

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It gave roman generals control over large numbers of men, and its’s a model for modern day military organisation

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12
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How did Rome gain more manpower?

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By recruiting additional soldiers from the regions it defeated

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13
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How did Rome conquer its enemies

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the legions

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14
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What was the max years that a legionary could serve?

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16 years

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What did a recruit have to pass?

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a physical inspection

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What would the recruit swear to do?

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Swear an oath to serve the republic. Oath inspired a powerful sense of duty

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17
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how did soldiers build strong bonds of friendship and loyalty?

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through sharing a tent, duties, and meals

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18
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What did legionaries do off duty?

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They played games or visited public baths

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19
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What was the key to legions’ success?

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Training

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20
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What did legionaries do everyday at the end?

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Built fortified camp

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21
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What did legionaries build?

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straight roads and strong bridges that connected the republic and carried its men into battle

22
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What was the north african city of Carthage like?

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immensely rich

23
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What has carthage grown from?

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a Phoenician colony into a trading empire

24
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What had carthage established?

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colonies and trading ports around the mediterranean

24
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What did carthage control?

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valuable mineral resources

25
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What did rome and carthage compete over?

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control of the sea

26
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What did the first punic war break our over?

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the strateic land of sicilt

27
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Where was the first punic war fought?

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mainly at sea

28
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Which navy was more superior at first?

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carthage

29
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what did rome do after suffering a key defeat?

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built hundreds of powerful warshipes that beat carthage in almost every battle

30
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What did the victories allow Rome to occupy?

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Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica

31
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Who was the general of carthage, who surrendered to rome?

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Hamilcar barca, the father of a boy named hannibal

32
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When did the second punic war start?

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After hannibal attacked one of Rome’s allies

33
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How did Hannibal outsmart the romans?

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he led thousands of soldiers and a herd of war elephants across the Alps to invade the italian peninsula

34
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Why were elephants so useful?

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Most roman soldiers had never seen them before

35
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What did roman general Scipio do?

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Invaded North africa to draw hannibal out of italy to defend his hometown

36
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In what battle was hannibal defeated?

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The battle of zama

37
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What did carthage focus on after the second punic war?

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trade to grow very rich

38
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How did Cato share his fears of the wealth of Crathage?

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ended everything with “carthage must be destroyed”

39
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What did roman leaders order?

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For the city of carthage to be abandoned

40
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how did rome fight carthage?

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they laid seige to it, surrounding it and stopping its food supply

41
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How did the romans shatter walls?

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By hurling huge rocks from the catapult

42
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How did romans take revenge after their victory?

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they sold carthaginian survivors as slaves and destryoes every building

43
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What was carthage renamed as?

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the roman province of africa

44
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What did the iberian peninsula, which carthage controlled become?

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the roman province of hispania

45
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Who launched the first macedonian war against Rome?

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philip 5 of macedonia

46
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Why were the romans forced to make peace?

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they were at war with hannibal

47
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When did the second macedonian war start?

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after hannibals defeat

48
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What was the flaw of the macedonian phalanx?

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It lacked flexibility, and macedonia was defeated

49
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What did macedonia later become?

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a roman province

50
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How did Rome conquer Greece?

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by destroying the city of corinth

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