Form of government with a divided territory and where citizens elect their leaders.

Each wanted control of the Mediterranean world.

Strategic locations built in a recently conquered territory to move troops and goods quickly..

Farming villages, the alphabet, buildings, sculpture, and literature.

He recruited soldiers form the landless poor and in return he paid their debts and promised them land.

Because they believed patrician judges were always going to favor upper classes. By being written they would consult them when making a legal decision.

The idea that citizens have a responsibility to help their country.

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

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.

It was a system that gave conquered people the Roman citizenship, which meant they could vote and serve in the government.

Carthage was destroyed, all Greece fell under Roman rule and it acquired its first province in Asia.

Roman forces led by Scipio captured Spain and attacked the city of Carthage forcing Hannibal to return to defend his people where Scipio's troops won.