Rome: Government & Society, Late Republic

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First Name

The fiercest of the wars Rome fought were the ____________________ .

• Punic Wars
• legions

________________________________ led an army through Spain and across the Alps toward the city of Rome; however, he was never able to capture Rome itself.

• Hannibal
• Lucius Cornelius Sulla

To help end unemployment, ____________________ encouraged poor people to join the army.

• Lucius Cornelius Sulla
• Gaius Marius

Roman soldiers were organized in ________________, which were groups of up to 6,000 soldiers.

• Punic Wars
• legions

Marius and ________________________________ were engaged in a civil war in which he won and named himself dictator.

• Spartacus
• Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Former slaves led by______________________ ultimately defeated the Roman army and took over much of southern Italy.

• Hannibal
• Spartacus

After about 400 BC the __________________ Republic grew quickly both in geographic size and economic power.

• Spartacus
• Roman
• Punic
• Hannibal
• legions