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Trojan ancestor of Romans
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Aeneas
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Legendary founder of Rome
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Romulus
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Woman whose rape sealed the fate of the old Roman monarchy
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Lucretia
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Held the position of dictator long enough to defeat the enemy, then return to his fields
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Cincinnatus
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Executive power in the Republic, two men held one year terms
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Consul
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Priestesses in whose temple the treasury was kept
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Vestal Virgins
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Major Roman port at the mouth of the Tiber
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Ostia
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Roman general who ultimately triumphed in the Second Punic War
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Scipio
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Roman orator who derided both Carthage and Greek customs
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Cato
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Brothers who were assassinated due to calls for land reform
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Gracchi
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Leader of slave uprising in southern Italy, killed by Crassus
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Spartacus
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Proclaimed dictator-for-life in 44 BC, assassinated
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Julius Caesar
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Roman orator who derided the above, was assassinated by Antony after above's death
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Cicero
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Naval battle at which Mark Antony and Cleopatra were defeated
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Actium
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First Roman Emperor
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Augustus
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Poet exiled by above for salacious work on seduction
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Ovid
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Ill-fated general who lost 3 legions in Germany in 9 AD
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Varus
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Emperor who conquered Britain
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Claudius
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Stoic philosopher and tutor to Nero
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Seneca
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The Roman Empire reached its territorial height under his reign
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Trajan
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Last of the "Five Good Emperors", wrote "Meditations"
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Marcus Aurelius
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Emperor who extended citizenship to all free men in Roman Empire
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Caracalla
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Emperor who divided the Roman Empire into eastern and western halves
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Diocletian
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Decree that legalized Christianity
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Edict of Milan
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Issued above decree, stabilized Empire, moved to capital of Eastern Roman Empire
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Constantine
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378 AD battle in which the Visigoths killed the emperor and a third of his army
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Adrianople
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Made Christianity the official faith of the Roman Empire
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Theodosius
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Last emperor of the Western Roman Empire
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Romulus Augustulus
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Year of the Western Roman Empire's collapse
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476 AD
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Name by which the Eastern Roman Empire became known
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Byzantine Empire
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