Question 1

Patrician

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A member of the upper class in Rome

Question 2

Plebeian

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A member of the lower class in Rome

Question 3

Dictator

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A single leader, chosen by the senate in times of crisis, they had all power in Rome

Question 4

Etruscans

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Early rulers of Rome, first 7 kings and influenced culture

Question 5

Conflict of the Orders

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Conflict between the rich and the poor of Rome

Question 6

Senate

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Members elected for life who controlled the money and law-making

Question 7

Consul

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Most powerful Magistrate who controlled military and day-to-day government

Question 8

Tarquinius Superbus

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Final and worst of the Etruscan Kings

Question 9

Diocletian

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Ruler who split Rome in two and intiially stabilized it until he gave up throne

Question 10

Constantine

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Ruler who abandoned the West and moved the capital to the East

Question 11

Pax Romana

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Roman Peace- 200 years of peace and prosperity at beginning of the Empire

Question 12

Triumvirate

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A group of three powerful people allied together

Question 13

Pompey

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Excellent military commander who supported Caesar initially

Question 14

Crassus

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One of the wealthiest men in Rome who supported Caesar

Question 15

Julius Caesar

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Famed leader and consul who invaded and led to the fall of the Republic

Question 16

Punic Wars

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A series of three wars fought for trading routes on the Mediterranean Sea

Question 17

Alps and Apennines

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Mountains that acted as natrual protection for Rome

Question 18

Germanic tribes

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Five tribes that eventually invaded Rome and destroyed the West

Question 19

Separation of Powers

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Idea that no one group or person should have all power in government

Question 20

Forum

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The cultural and physical center of Roman life.

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