Roman Republic
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- How long did the first Punic War last?
- 23 years.
- Who is Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus?
- He is the first reformer. He became a tribune in 133 BC
- Government officials
- tribunes
- What were the 12 tablets?
- Roman laws were written on these bronze tablets. These laws became the foundation for all future Roman law.
- What is Carthage?
- What people fought in the first and second Punic Wars?
- In what year did Carthage agree to pay Rome a huge sum of money and to give up all it's territories including Spain.
- 201BC
- The members of the oldest and richest families.
- Patricians
- A kind of mobile bridge
- Corvos
- A form of government in which the people choose their rulers
- Republic
- The poorer people, such as farmers and artisans.
- Plebeians
- How many years were there between the second and third Punic Wars?
- 50 years.
- What are the Punic Wars
- The 3 wars between Rome and Carthage
- What is the importance of Zama?
- This is where Hannibal lost his first battle.
- A group of 3 persons with equal power
- Triumvirate
- In what year did the Carthagians agree to make peace?
- 241BC
- The soldiers who were part of the legions
- legionaries
- The power to say no to the acts of others
- Veto
- Administrators and military leaders
- Consuls
- Who is Hannibal Barca?
- A Carthagian general who attacked the Roman army with elephants.
- Large estates that produced crops, shep and cattle for sale at market.
- latifundias
- Who is Gaius Sempronius Gracchus?
- Tiberus' younger brother who was elected as a tribune.
- When did the second Punic War begin?
- 218BC
- In what town did Carthage lose it's first battle?
- Zama
- Who clashed in the first Punic war?
- The Romans and Carthagians.
- How the Roman army was organized
- Legions
- What is bootie?
- Things taken from the enemy in war?
- What was present day France?
- Gaul