The Roman Republic

According to legend, these twin brothers founded the city of Rome

• Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

• Romulus and Remus

• Lucius Cornelius Sulla

• Cincinnatus

Dictator of the early Roman Republic who defeated Rome's enemies and then gave up his power

• Cincinnatus

• Hannibal

• Aeneas

• Spartucus

Carthaginian general who led an attack on Rome in the second Punic War

• Aeneas

• Hannibal

• Cincinnatus

• Romulus and Remus

According to legend, a Trojan hero who fled to Italy

• Romulus and Remus

• Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus

• Spartacus

• Aeneas

Gladiator who led Roman slaves in a revolt

• Aeneus

• Spartacus

• Hannibal

• Cincinnatus

Roman citizens considered it their _________to attend assembly meetings and to vote in elections.

• civic duty

• veto power

Rome's written law code, the ______________protected citizens from being punished by laws they did not know existed.

• Law of the Twelve Tables

• Forum

Located in the center of Rome, the ___________was a public meeting place where people shopped and talked, and government meetings took place.

• Senate

• Forum

The_________were a series of wars which resulted in Rome gaining control of North Africa.

• Civil Wars

• Punic Wars

An increased need for food and the making of metal coins contributed to increased _________as the republic expanded.

• checks and balances

• trade