Ch 8 Roman Empire

First Punic War *

• Rome defeated Carthage in 241 B.C.

• Rome's greatest public speaker

• a human made channel for carrying water long distances

Cicero *

• Rome's greatest public speaker

• an island that is part of Italy

• a human made channel for carrying water long distances

aqueduct *

• large farming estates worked by enslaved people

• a human made channel for carrying water long distances

• a port city on the bay of Naples

Sicily*

• a port city on the bay of Naples

• Rome's greatest public speaker

• an island that is part of Italy

Etruscans

• a rich people that greatly influenced the growth of Rome

• artisans, shopkeepers, and owners of small farms

• interpreted the laws and acted as judges

Latifundia *

• a human made channel for carrying water long distances

• interpreted the laws and acted as judges

• large farming estates worked by enslaved people

Puteoli *

• an island that is part of Italy

• Rome's greatest public speaker

• a port city on the Bay of Naples

First Triumvirate *

• artisans, shopkeepers, and owners of small farms

• a island that is part of Italy

• Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar

plebeians *

• Rome's greatest public speaker

• artisans, shopkeepers, and owners of small farms

• a rich people that greatly influenced the growth of Rome

praetors

• interpreted the laws and acted as judges

• rich people who shopped alot

• Crassus, Pompey, and Caesar