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Romulus and Remus

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Both founded Rome

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Romulus

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Said to have founded the roman Senate

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Tarquinius superbus

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The last king of Rome

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Brutus

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Not a king leader of the revolt which ousted Tarquinius superbus

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Samnite wars

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Three wars against the Samnites which were all won by Rome

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Tarentum

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Greek colony which got into a dispute with Rome

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Pyrrhus

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King of Epirus who invaded Italy on tarentums behalf

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Pyrrhic war

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English phase that is derived from the fact that all of pyrrhic’s victories came with heavy losses

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First Punic war

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This war was fought in Sicily and north Africa

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Outcome of the first Punic war

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Rome made Sicily her first Providence

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Barca family

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Lead Carthaginian campaigns in spain

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Second Punic war

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Bought in Italy Spain in North Africa

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Hannibal

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Mean Carthage general of the second Punic war

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Battle of cannae

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Hannibal’s most famous victory still study because of the tactics he used

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Scipio africanus

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Roman general who captured new Carthage from victory in Spain invaded Africa

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Battle of Zama

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Decisive Roman victory in which Scipio africanus defeated Hannibal in North America

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Third Punic war

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Fought in north Africa

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Macedonia

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Roams first Eastern enemy

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Antiochus III

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King of Syria who invaded Greece

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Further Roman intervention in Greece

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Braum sacked the city of Corinth in 146 b.c The same year as Carthage

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Pacification of Spain

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Accumulated in the destruction of the city of numantia in 133 BC

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Patricians

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Wealthy Romans who led most government offices

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Plebeians

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Less wealthy Romans

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Tiberius and gaius gracchus

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Both were tribunes both were murdered

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Aeneas

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Ancestor of Romulus and Remus

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Jugurthine war

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Fought against Jugurtha

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Marius

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Had victory over Jugurtha

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Mithradates

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King of Pontus who fought several wars with Rome

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Sulla

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Main rival of Marius

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First triumvirate

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Pompey, Julius Caesar, Crassus

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Gaul

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Modern France

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Ides of March

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March 25th B.C caesar is assassinated

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Second triumvirate

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Marc Anthony, gaius Octavian, Marcus Lepidus

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Battle of Philippi

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Anthony and Octavian defeat Brutus and Cassius

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Cleopatra

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Egyptian queen who became Anthony’s lover and ally

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Battle of actium

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31 B.C Octavian defeats Celopatra and Anthony and becomes times soul ruler

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Augustus (Octavian)

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Augustus was an honorary title, religion and morality, Pax Romana, census

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Tiberius

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Retires to Capri

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Gaius

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Odd behavior, made horse senator, assassinated by praetorians

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Claudius

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Oversaw the conquest of Britannia, died from poisoned mushrooms given to him by his wife

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Nero

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Murdered wife and mother, saw himself as artist,

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Vespasian

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Year of the four emperors- the year of nero’s death, one of the commanders that conquered Britain

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Titus

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Finished suppressing the Jewish revolt several disasters occurred during his reign

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Nerva good emperor

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Seen as first good emperor adopted his successor

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Trajan

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Built the new forum in Rome

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Hadrian

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Defensive military policy , had several building projects Athens and Rome

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Marcus Aurelius

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Constant war and philosopher who wrote meditations

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Commodus- not good emperor

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Loved physical combat, assassinated

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Barracks emperors

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25 named emperors only one is certain to have died a natural death

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Diocletian

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Reconstructed empire, launched the last persecution of Christians, eventual abdicated

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Constantine

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Battle of milvian bridge, edict of Milan, new imperial Capitol

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Theodosius

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Last to rule both halves of the Roman Empire, against paganism, his two sons inherited the empire

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Barbarians

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Sacked Rome twice,

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Huns

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Led by Attila they ravaged the western empire before being defeated

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753 B.C

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Founding of Rome

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509 B.C

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Establishment of the roman republic

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146 B.C

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Destruction of Carthage

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31 B.C

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Battle of Actium

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29 A.D

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Jesus dies

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313 A.D

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Edict of Milan

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395 A.D

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Permanent split of the west and east Roman Empire

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476 A.D.

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Fall of the western empire

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