Chapter 69: Rome Tightens Its Grasp Flashcards
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Agathocles
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he was a Syracusan ex-potter who had married well and hired himself an army, in 317, he took Syracuse by force and made himself its tyrant.
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Appian Way
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it was the road built by Appius Claudius Caecus, it eventually ran along the coast all the way down to Capua in Campania.
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Latin League
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it was made up of the old territory of Latium. The Romans called this league Nomen Latium, and they were reasonably friendly but never joined the league.
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Samnites
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it was made up of an alliance of tribes that lay just across the Liri river. They came from the southern Apennines, and lived in a mesh of farms and villages below Rome.
