Chapter 12 Section 4 Review

A series of 3 wars where Rome fought Carthage for control of the western Mediterranean

• Peloponnesian War

• Persian Wars

• Punic Wars

• Mediterranean Wars

Carthage’s most successful general who almost destroyed the Roman republic during the second Punic War with 40,000 soldiers and about 40 war elephants

• Scipio

• Hannibal

• Sulla

• Marius

Although Rome defeated Hannibal, many Romans still feared Carthage so Roman troops burned and looted the city and sold the people of Carthage into slavery.

• True

• False

A state containing several countries or territories

• Province

• Region

• Country

• Empire

Areas within a country or empire

• Province

• State

• City

• Empire

How did Rome change as it conquered more territory?

• It became poorer

• It became separated

• It became an empire

• It became smaller

How did some magistrates become even wealthier as the Roman republic grew?

• They stopped paying their slaves

• They stole from the provinces and looted from foreign enemies

• They took on more work and sold most of their land

• The supported military dictators

Although Rome was growing poorer, many Roman citizens were getting richer.

• True

• False

By allowing poor citizens to join the military, Marius reformed the army and made it ____________ and more ________________.

• Smaller

• Larger

• Professional

• Chaotic

War between groups from the same country

• Continental War

• Civil War

• Country War

• World War