leader who weakened the Senate and became dictator, stabbed to death by his political enemies

general who recruited landless poor into army by promising land, these soldiers swore loyalty to general not the Republic

Wealthy landowners who could hold elected positions in the Roman Senate

Roman citizens like merchants and farmers who could vote but could not hold elected office

series of wars between Rome and the city-state of Carthage- Rome won and destroyed Carthage

Elected government of the Roman Republic until it became an empire

general who seized Republic by taking advantage of military recruiting system

joint government by 3 equally powerful rulers (i.e. Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar)

Rome’s first set of laws which influence modern laws of today