Chapter 76: Breaking the System Flashcards
Marcus Cato
he was an elderly statesman in the Roman delegation. In 157 he was sent to North Africa in order to tell the Numidians to leave Carthage alone.
Masinissa
he was the king of the Numidians, and he was a Roman ally. Rome helped him enlarge his kingdom.
Mummius
he was the commander of the Roman fleet that sailed for Greece, that had a force of twenty-six thousand men and thirty-five hundred cavalry.
Third Punic War
it was the third and last of the Punic Wars fought between Carthage and Rome.
Gaius Gracchus
he was a Roman politician and brother of the reformer Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
First Servile War
it was an unsuccessful rebellion of slaves against the Romans. The war was prompted by slave revolts in Enna on the island of Sicily.
Publius Rupilius
he was a Roman statesman, in 132 BC. During the inquiry that followed the death of Tiberius Gracchus, he conducted himself and his colleague Popillius and they proceeded with the utmost severity against the supporters of Gracchus
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
he was the son of a consul. He had served under Scipio Aemilius in the campaign against Carthage, where he had gained fame as the first man to mount the enemy wall.
