8.3 The Fall of the Roman Republic

Large estates owned by the rich of Rome, which forced many citizens into poverty.

• Actium

• Latifundia

• Triumvirate

Form of cheap entertainment provided by the Roman rich to the poor, to gain their votes.

• Carnival Rides

• Circus

• Gladiator Battles

Dictator for life, granted citizenship to people living outside of Rome, ordered large landowners to hire the poor, was stabbed to death by members of the Senate.

• Tiberius

• Julius Caesar

• Marc Antony

Roman ruler that changed his name to Augustus; "Revered or Majestic One".

• Octavian

• Julius Caesar

• Marc Antony

Crassus, Caesar, Pompey

• 1st Triumvirate

• 2nd Triumvirate

Cleopatra was the Queen of this African Nation.

• Israel

• Spain

• Egypt

This was the small, shallow river that Caesar crossed to become a traitor to Rome.

• Tiber

• Po

• Rubicon

Octavian, Marc Antony, Lepidus

• 1st Triumvirate

• 2nd Triumvirate

Name of the 2 Brothers were murdered because they wished to end Latifundia.

• Julius and Octavian

• Brutus and Cassius

• Tiberius and Gaius

Roman Leader that fell in love with Cleopatra.

• Marc Antony

• Octavian

• Julius Caesar