The Late Roman Republic

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Across
  1. 3. the Punic Wars flooded Rome with this type of labor...making jobs hard to find
  2. 6. Caesar conquered this northern region...today made up primarily of France
  3. 9. Rome's rural poor flocked to these...to find jobs (few did)
  4. 10. the two brothers that tried to reform Rome's politics and economy to help the poor
  5. 12. the Carthagenian general that "almost" beat Rome in the 2nd Punic War
  6. 13. first rule of 3 Roman men (Caesar, Crassus, Pompey)
  7. 15. title...meaning "revered one" or "exalted one" ...title of Rome's first emperor
Down
  1. 1. this general became dictator of Rome...and was later assassinated
  2. 2. this violent event becomes more common after the death of Tiberius and Gaius (murder to solve political problems)
  3. 4. the large cash crop farms of Rome's patricians after the Punic Wars
  4. 5. Phoenician city in North Africa, enemy of Rome
  5. 7. this general reformed the Roman Army to allow poor men to join the ranks as a career
  6. 8. this man became Rome's first emperor after the defeat of Antony
  7. 11. this kind of event first began with Marius and Sulla, then Caesar and Pompey, then Octavian and Antony
  8. 14. three wars fought between Rome and Carthage