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• Republic-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.
• Patrician-an aristocrat or nobleman
• Plebeian-a commoner
• Tribune-an official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests
• Consul-one of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic.
• Senate-the state council of the ancient Roman republic and empire, which shared legislative power with the popular assemblies, administration with the magistrates, and judicial power with the knights.
• Dictator- a chief magistrate with absolute power, appointed in an emergency.
• Legion-a unit of 3,000–6,000 men in the ancient Roman army.
• Punic Wars-three wars between Rome and Carthage that led to the undisputed dominance of Rome in the western Mediterranean.
• Hannibal-Hannibal was a Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded Carthage's main army against Rome during the Second Punic War.