World History

2. :an ancient city-state in North Africa, near modern-day Tunis, that became a powerful maritime empire and a rival to Rome.
4. :a series of three wars fought between the Roman Republic and the city-state of Carthage from 264 to 146 BC, primarily over control of the western Mediterranean.
5. :a unit of 3,000–6,000 men in the ancient Roman army.
9. :Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian general famous for crossing the Alps with elephants to invade Italy during the Second Punic War.
12. :a member of the ancient roman common people or, more generally, one of the common people.
13. :Julius Caesar was a Roman general, statesman, and historian who played a crucial role in the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
14. :an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests.
15. :an official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city and protect and promote the government's citizens and interests there.

1. :a deliberative assembly with high legislative powers, often serving as the upper house in a bicameral legislature, such as the U.S. Congress.
3. :a government or administration of three people who share power, or more generally, any group of three people in a position of authority.
6. :the action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated.
7. :a long period of relative peace and stability across the Roman Empire that lasted for over 200 years, from 27 BCE to 180 CE.
8. :A person of noble birth or high social standing, an aristocrat
10. :an artificial conduit or channel for conveying water from a distant source, often using gravity.
11. :a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.