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Struggle of the Orders
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- wealthy plebeians want political and social equality
- right to hold offices, intermarriage
- Twelve Tables = codification of Roman law (449 BCE)
- over next two centuries, plebeians gradually gain access
to priesthoods, public offices and the Senate
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Sulla
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Civil war between home and marius and he is the victormakes many reforms the include increase senate power
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Pax Romana
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Roman peace
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Zeno
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Greek philosopher from accounts of plato
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Philip II of Macedon
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Alexandra's father who led the first campagin against pursia
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Marius
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Defeats jugurtha, some king in africaone who promised land to his soildersmarius had many loyal soilders
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Octavian
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Cesar's "adopted" sonwas a boss "one who run everything behind the scenes created rebulician facade
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Tiberius Gracchus
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Octavian (auguetus) succesor
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12 tables
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First time roman law was written down so commondors could see them and use them in the courts
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Virgil
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Famous roman poet
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Arsinoe II
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Some queen of maconia during the hellnistic age
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Pyrrhus
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Was named for the pyrric victory. Great general but also had many costly deaths in one of his battles
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Punic wars
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Many battles fought between rome and carthage
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Pompey
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The senate vest in him to defeat cesar upon his return, ceasar end up turning the tables and taking him out in egypt
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