Republican Legends and Expansion

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  1. 3. Roman hero who burned his own hand to demonstrate Roman courage to an enemy king.
  2. 7. quality shown by Cloelia when she fled captivity and chose boys to be freed for Rome’s future defence
  3. 8. a type of victory so costly that it weakens the winner, named after King Pyrrhus.
  4. 11. the river crossed by Julius Caesar
  5. 12. legends of the Republic reveal the shared ideas and values of the Roman state called…
  6. 13. northern invaders who sacked Rome in 390 BCE, forcing the Romans to pay for peace.
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  1. 1. one of the first triumvirate.
  2. 2. Roman leader who helped overthrow the monarchy and executed his own sons to protect the state.
  3. 4. an issue that threatened the Roman Republic and led to civil war.
  4. 5. the process by which Rome grew from a farming community into a Mediterranean power, creating internal pressures.
  5. 6. another issue affecting the Roman state.
  6. 9. Roman soldier who defended the bridge over the Tiber long enough for it to be destroyed.
  7. 10. North African city-state that fought Rome in the Punic Wars.