Chapter 11 Vocab Words

2. ancient Rome's most successful leaders who led the transformation of Rome from a republic to an empire
3. Roman farmer and a senator, and in the mid-5th century B.C, he was chosen to be dictator to rescue a surrounded army.
5. a mountain range in Italy, extending across the length of the entire peninsula from northwest to southwest
7. Roman emperor that established the new Flavian dynasty
9. The successor of Julius that was the first emperor of ancient Rome
12. Romulus was the legendary founder and first king of Rome
13. a series of wars between 264 and 146 BC fought between Rome and Carthage
15. a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Romans

1. a Roman general and politician who named himself dictator of the Roman Empire
4. a roman politician and general that was an ally of Julius Caesar and rival of Octavian
6. the greatest general of the Carthage army
8. A civilization in Italy that influenced the Romans
10. First Roman emperor to be chosen and not inherit power
11. The Egyptian queen that was wife of Mark Antony
14. The brother of Romulus that was killed by Romulus and wanted to build a city