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who were the first kings of rome after romulus’ rule

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the Etruscan kings

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who were the two founders of rome

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Romulus and Remus

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who was the leader of the rebels that overthrew tarquin

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Lucius Junius Brutus

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what are the upper class romans called

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Patricians

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what are the lower class romans called

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Plebians

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what are quasters

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quasters are patricians who are like judges

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what is a consul

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a consul was a roman leader during the time of the roman republic

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how many consuls are there

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2

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who was the dictator the consuls called on when they were in bad times

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Cinncinatus

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what is cinncinatus when he is not stepping in as dictator

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a patrician farmer

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how many people made up the roman senate

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300 patricians

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what are the 12 tables

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the 12 tables are laws that the roman senate made

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what can the 12 tables be compared to

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the U.S. constitution

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how did plebians eventually get a say in the senate

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10 tribunes (plebians) were selected to join the roman senate

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how many men are in a legion

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5,000

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what was the dominant gender in roman society

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male

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who could be members of the roman army

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only roman citizens

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who could be a part of the roman calvery

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upperclass roman citizens

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why did rome have a census

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for military and tax purposes

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how many men are in a century

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100

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how many punic wars were there

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3

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who fought in the punic wars

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rome vs. carthage

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who is hannibals father

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hamilcar barca

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where did most of the fighting take place in the punic wars

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north africa and sicily

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why did the second punic war start
carthage invaded spain and rome didn't want carthage to gain more power
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what city was carthage able to take from spain
saguntum
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when was the battle of cannae
216 B.C.
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who won the battle of cannae
carthage
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who was the roman leader during the punic wars
consul varro
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who was the commander of the roman army during the punic wars
scipio africanus
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who won the battle of zama
rome
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when was the battle of zama
202 B.C.
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what was the shortest punic war
the 3rd war
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what ended the punic wars
the battle of carthage ended the punic wars. rome inhilated all of carthage during this battle
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what kind of religion did the romans have
polytheistic
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who was the king of the roman gods
jupiter
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who was the queen of the roman gods
juno
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who was the roman god of war
mars
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who was the roman god of the sea
neptune
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who became the dictator of rome after the civil war
sulla
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who fought against sulla's rule and got him to retire
marius
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when did julius caesars father die
when julius was 15
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who was in the first triumvirate
Julius Caesar, Crassus, and pompey
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where is gaul
modern day france
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who fought in the civil war
Caesar vs. Pompey
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who did caesar become lovers with after the battle of zela
cleopatra
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how many people did caesar change the senate to have
900
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who assassinated julius caesar
Brutus and Cassius
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who made up the second triumvirate
mark antony, octavian, and lepidus
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what is an orater
a good public speaker
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who fought in the battle of philippi
mark antony and octavian vs. Brutus and Cassius
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how did brutus and cassius die
they both commited suicide before antony and octavian could kill them
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who did mark antony marry to get octavian angery
octavia, Octavian's sister
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who fought in the battle of actium
Octavian vs. Antony
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where did the battle of actium take place
on the greek coast
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what type of battle was actium
naval battle
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what can you compare actium to
gettysburg
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why did Octavian's army have the upper hand
because they were equipped with harpaxes on each ship
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who was the victor of the battle of actium
octavian
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what kind of snake did cleopatra use to kill herself
an asp
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what was another name for octavian
augustus
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what is the pax romana
a time of peace and prosperity during the roman empire
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what are julian emporers
bad rulers
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who was the "king of philosophy"
marcus aureilius
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who wrote the meditations
marcus aurelilius
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who was marcus aurelilius son
commodus
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what type of philosopher was marcus aureilius
a stoic
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what is a stoic philosopher
a reflective philosopher
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who was aureilius' teacher
fronto
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what language were the meditations written in
Greek
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where did Caesar study philosophy
Rhodes
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when does alexander die?
323 bc
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who were the 3 philosophers?
socraties, plato, aristotle
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what did ceasar do?
he was a dictator and part of the first triumvirate and a great military leader
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who made the draconian code?
draco

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