chapter 10 vocab Flashcards by Maggie Dry | Brainscape

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Aeneas

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fled with his followers

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Romulus and Rumus

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led exciting lives

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republic

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people elect leaders to govern them

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dictators

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rulers with almost absolute power

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cincinnatus

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gained power

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plebeians

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common people

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patricians

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nobles

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magistrates

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officials

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consuls

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powerful magistrates in Rome

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roman senate

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councils of wealthy and powerful Romans

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veto

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prohibit

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latin

A

roman language

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checks and balances

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method to balance power

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forum

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rome’s public meeting place

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legions

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group of 6,000 soldiers

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punic war

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a series of wars against a city on North Africa

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hannibal

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set out for Rome

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Gaius Marius

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encouraged poor people to join the army

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lucius Cornelius Sulla

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became consul in 88 BC

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spartacus

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rose up and demanded freedom.