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42 Cards in this Set
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etruscans
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rulers of city staes nort of rome w/ advanced civilization
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tiber river
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river above rome
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Adriatic
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sea to the east of italy
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Hannibal
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son of hamilcar, leader in 2nd carthadinian war
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latium
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dominated by Rome. city on shore of tyrrhenian sea
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pyreness mountains
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northeast of spain west of italy
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dignitas/gravitas/pietas
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roman virtues
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sicily
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site of punic wars. won by rome
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po valley
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gaulish tribes. where the lived. north of italy
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plebiscite
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desicion of tribal assembly given force of law by hortensian law
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veii
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etruscan sity near rome
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carthage
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most important pheonician settlement in westner mediterranean, opponent of rome in the cartheginian wars
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equestrian order/equates
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2nd class of roman aristocracy often engaged in state contracts and money landing
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the senate
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body of aristocrats advising the consuls or later the emporer
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consul
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one of 2 yearly elected officials the cheif executives who gave their names to the year
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Magna Gracia
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large greece
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Tribal assembly
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assembly in which ciizens were grouped on the bases of their geographical location
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stoa
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colonnade open on one side to the agora. often with shops at the back
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struggle of the orders
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plebians vw. patricians
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Fabian
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cautious-avoiding
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regulus
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roman general captured by carthage in war. told to negociate peace treaty. or be tortured. told rome to never give up
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natural law
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body of laws derived from nature. believed to be binding upon human actions aprat from in conjunction with laws established by human authority
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alps
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north of italy
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the forum
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political and social center of rome
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plebians
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lower class in early rome
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mercenary
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one who fights for pay
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pyrrhic victory
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victory offset by staggering losses
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aqueduct
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pipe/channel to mive wather from remote source via gravity
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apennine mountains
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through italy
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gauls
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germanic people outsideof rome
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patrician
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upperclass in early rome which controlled the gov. after the expulsion of the kings
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veto
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to reject an idea for a law
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client
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a plebian who was dependent on a patrician in early rome
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paterfamilias
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male-dominated families
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Tarquin the proud
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legendary last king of rome
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Romulus
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legendary founder of rome
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Tribune
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1/10 officials elected yearly to portect the common people
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Law of 12 Tables
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laws written on a stone so that they couldn't be 'forgotten'
written on 12 stone tablets |
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precedent
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an example set by an earlier leader
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Republic
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rule by the people
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First Secession
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when the plebians united and walked out of rome, building their own city
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Cannae
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site in S. Eastern italy at which hannibal defeated the romans in 216
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