consul- two roman officials. 
veto- consul being overruled. 
senate- aristocratic branch of Rome's government.
assembly- the democratic side of the Roman government. 
dictator- a leader who had absolute power to make laws and command the army. 
mercenary- soldiers who fight in any army for pay. 


1. Plebeians were barred by law from holding most important positions in government. The Plebeians won the reforms. They had won a greater share of the political power. They allowed the marriage between the two groups. 


2. Their government was partly a monarchy, partly an aristocratic and partly a democracy. The Romans believed that this mixture gave them the best features of all kinds of governments. 


3. They conquered most of Italy. The land they had conquered all had different laws to them and they were all treated differently. 


4. Carthage appeared having the strongest power because they have a population of 250,000 which was about three times the size of Rome. They also have a HUGE Navy of 500 ships. Rome was the stronger of the two. They had three advantages. First, Rome could draw on a reserve of more than 500,000 troops made available through its conquests in Italy. Second, Rom;es citizen troops were generally more loyal and reliable than the mercenaries employed by Carthage. Third, warfare was a Roman specialty. 


5. If Hannibal would have been victor, Carthage and not Tome would have become the greatest empire in the world. 


6. Greeks welcomed Roman Armies because they went marching into Macedon and looked like protector of Greek freedom. The Greek attitude changed because the romans interfered with the Greek politics, crashing all opposition to rulers favored by Rome. Roman power in the east became ruthless.