The Roman Republic

3. the last Etruscan king of Rome
4. a boot-shaped peninsula in Europe that is home to the great civilization of Rome
5. an ancient people who conquered Rome and had a monarchy until 509 B.C.
8. a person from one of the noble families that made up the ruling class of the ancient Roman Republic
10. supposedly founded Rome in 753 B.C.
12. Roman general and statesman who was a part of the First Triumvirate but later fought with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered
13. (60-53 BC) an unofficial political alliance between Caesar, Crassus, Pompey
15. commoners of Ancient Rome including farmers, merchants, artisans and traders
16. a plebeian official who could attend meetings of the senate and defend the rights of the plebeians
18. highest government official in the Roman Republic
19. legislative council of the plebeians
21. a tribe in central and southern Italy that founded Rome

1. ambitious Roman general who ended the Roman Republic; made himself Roman dictator in 46 BC; assassinated by Brutus and others in 44 BC
2. (264-146 B.C.) a series of three wars between Rome and Carthage
6. Carthage's greatest general who invaded Italy in the Second Punic War
7. a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides
9. Roman general who defeated Spartacus; richest man in Rome;
11. council of wealthy Patricians who governed Rome
14. Roman gladiator who led a slave revolt
17. plebeian brothers named Tiberius and Gaius who tried to make changes in Rome to help the poor but were killed
20. Celtic tribe living in northern Italy who sacked Rome in 390 B.C.