Consul- like kings, commanded army and directed government
Veto- consul can always overrule other's decisions
Senate-aristocratic branch of Rome's government
Assembly- democratic side of Roman government
Dictator-leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army
Mercenary- soldiers who fight in any country's army for pay
- The plebeians were dis satisfied because it wasn’t a republic but more of a dictatorship. They won reforms by veto's. They wanted to change the government to a democracy.
- They considered they had a balanced government because they had one leader who got them through things, and they had mixtures of other governments.
- They gained the support by giving them the name of half-citizens and all rights except voting.
- Carthage was three times the size of Rome, rich and had huge armies.
Rome had more than 500,000 troops. They were very loyal.
- If Rome would not have won, their government, cultures, laws would not have been passed.
- Rome freed them. Rome stopped people that were against the leaders and people favored Rome.
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