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| changes to make things better |
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| A war between groups in the same country |
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| Poverty and unemployment were a result of what? |
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| After the expansion following the Punic Wars, the wealth was not evenly distributed among the people. The rich ignored the problems of the poor. |
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| Name the two Roman generals that had extraordinary powers given by the Senate to put down a slave rebellion? |
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| Who argued for reducing the army's powers and restoring the system of checks and balances to repair the damaged republic?? |
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| a sharing of power between three people IE: Caesar passing Pompey and Crassus' legislation. |
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| To whom did the Senate turn when its power was taken by the consuls? |
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| Julius Caesar was popular with the people, but ______by the Senate. |
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| Why was the Senate resistant to Julius Caesar's reforms? |
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| He introduced reforms that were popular with the people, such as creating jobs for the poor. |
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| What did Roman leaders want people to remember about Caesar when they saw the commemorative coin? |
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| They wanted to remember that his friend Brutus killed Julis on the 15 of march. |
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| What does the violence of Caesar's death tell about liberators' view of Caesar? |
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| They didn't like the fact he declared himself dictator. The senate hated that he was for all people and not just the rich. |
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| According to Mark Antony, why was Caesar assassinated? |
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| He become too power hungry |
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| What factors contributed to the end of the Roman Republic? |
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| Crassus died and the triumvirate collapsed. The senate tried to appoint Pompey but it became a power struggle between him and Julis Ceasar. Ceasar wanted to help the people felt the only way was to become a dictator since his own senate hated his reforms. |
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| What happened on the Ides of March in 44 B.C. |
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