Judges could help to run the government and the could also lead armies. Some government leaders could also help to make laws.

Major government officials that interpreted the law and served as judges in court, they could also lead armies.

Rome learned how powerful someone with an army could become to achieve its goals, however Rome sunk in conflict for 50 years.

Consuls were administrators and army leaders, the veto was the power each consul had to reject other's decision.

Two brothers who were government officials. They wanted to stop the wealthy from taking over small farms to create their latifundia. Both were murdered.

Many farmers lost their fields fighting in Roman wars, small farmers could not compete with latifundia, landowners had slaves working for free.

Because he had the support and admiration of the poorer classes and they feared he would search for power as Sulla did.

With training and a death punishment for deserters.

That while poor people were offered cheap food and free entertainment they would not complain.

Patricians were the ruling class made by Rome's oldest and most prominent families. Plebeians were artisans, shopkeepers, and owners of small farms.

To show soldiers where they were supposed to be in the battlefield.

A gladius was short double-edged iron sword and a pilum was an iron spear designed to bend after it was thrown so others couldn't use it.

They built a fleet with a small moveable bridge that allow them to board Carthaginian ships turning the conflict on a hand.to-hand fight.