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| A powerful group from Northern Italy that had a great impact on Roman culture |
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| Earliest inhabitants of Rome |
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| Teh river that is located next to rome |
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| When series of kings that ruled over the empire. |
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| a form of government in which power rests with the citizens who voted to elect leaders |
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| A group of different cultures or territories led by a single or all powerful ruler |
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| A north African civilization that Roman defeated known as the Punic Wars |
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| A great Carthage general who surprised the romans and attack from the north and took over rome during the punich wars |
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| It was the law making body that served in the republic. |
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| A roman general who became the first ceasar |
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| Who was Octavian Augustus? |
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| Julius Ceasar adotive son, became lone ruler after Julius was killed |
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| Roman, giant outdoor arena |
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| a bridge like structure that brought fresh water to the cities and towns |
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| they were crimanials, prisoners of war, or slaves who required to fight until death |
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| Large public baths located in central building |
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| 3rd of the five good emperiors, expanded the empire into Britian |
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| It marks the northern most point of oc the Roman empire in Britian |
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| a building built to honor their gods |
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| 4th roman emperior, born outside Italy, had a disability but ruled well and expanded the empire |
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| a long period of peace and prosperity know as roman peace |
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| What were the 3 froms of government, in order of Rome |
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| Kingdrom,Republic, Empire |
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| Why did the Romans build aqueducts? |
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| to bring fresh water to the cities and towns, from the Tiber River |
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| Why and how did the Kingdom of Rome end? |
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| People rebelled against Tarquin the Proud because he was a harsh ruler, they no longer wanted a king. they wanted to base the government on the will of the people |
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| What is a republic and why was it important to Rome? |
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| It is were power rests with the citizens and they vote to select their leaders. Rome was ruled this way for over 500 years. The wealthy and noble born and all free born males could vote |
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| Descibe the structure of the roman republican government |
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| 1. there were two leaders knowns as consuls, who could only rule for one year 2. lawmaking body called the senate |
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| Why were there water pipes under the colseium |
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| There were sewer pipes and water pipes from the aquaduts so they could floor the floor to reinact naval battles |
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| What inspired the design of the coliseum |
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| Who was Hadrian? what was the signifcance of Hadrian's Wall |
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| The wall was the most northern place that the roman empire went to, in Great Britian. |
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| Why was the Pantheon so significant? |
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| It was the building where they went to pray to all the gods. |
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| Who was Caracalla? How did he rise to power? |
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| When his father died, he and his brother ruled together for a few months until he had his brother and family killed. He is also known as Marcus , caracalla was a knick name from the hood he wore |
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