Rome Rise & Fall 1

By 113 B . C . Rome has become master of the entire Mediterranean ____________________ , but with new lands , come new enemies .
Barbarian is a word meaning ____________________ and crude .
Only the rugged ____________________ mountain range keeps the northern barbarians at bay .
An individual Roman soldier's armor could weigh ____________________ of his body weight .
Rome isn't an ____________________ yet , but a ____________________ ruled by the Senate , with top political officers known as ____________________ who lead the army .
Although Rome is built on ____________________ ideals not all men are created ____________________ .
The highest office is reserved for Rome's most important ____________________ .
Now that Rome expands this honor is no longer based on ____________________ but on ____________________ .
In the North a dangerous new tribe , the ____________________ , of Germania is on the move .
Cimbri is the German nickname for ____________________ .
The ____________________ and the Ambrones joined the Cimbris heading toward the ____________________ .
The ____________________ are in control of the Alpine pass above Italy .
The Norici have gold , silver and especially ____________________ needed by the Romans .
Northern barbarians who were ____________________ wanted land above all .
The Norici sent for assistance from their allies in ____________________ .
____________________ needs to show leadership by a display on the battlefield .
The Cimbri send ambassadors to General Carbo , who pretends he's going to ____________________ and kills the barbarian ambassadors .
Carbo's ____________________ enrages the barbarians who value ____________________ above all else .
Consul Carbo as chief war magistrate fails miserably on the ____________________ .
Carbo commits suicide because he has disgraced himself and Rome in the eyes of the ____________________ .
The Romans cling to the notion that only ____________________ can lead them into victory .
The Romans had their particular ____________________ ways of fighting .
By contrast the barbarian's counterattack is ____________________ and devastating to the Roman lines .
By 105 BC , the Cimbrian wanted to set down ____________________ .
The presence of ____________________ in barbarian tribes is a standard way of communicating that this is an invasion for ____________________ .
Rome needed great ____________________ and Marius is the greatest they had yet seen .
As the northern barbarians close in , the Romans turned to Marius as their last and best ____________________ .
Devastated by a decade of war , Rome faces critical troop ____________________ .
To be in the military you must be a ____________________ owner .
Marius starts to recruit soldiers among the land - less ____________________ .
In Roman society there were many more poor than ____________________ - class .
Marius instituted a new ____________________ standard for each legion .
Marius also trained soldiers to carry only what they need on campaign so that they could move ____________________ .
Marius was re - elected as Consul despite roman policy on ____________________ ____________________ because of the Roman ____________________ of the barbarians .
Marius' goal above all else , was that the Alpine ____________________ into Italy be protected .
What Marius gave to Rome was confidence that the Romans could defeat the ____________________ barbarians in the world .
While pursuing the Teutones and Ambrones at ____________________ ____________________ , Marius camped his soldiers in a location that was not well supplied with ____________________ to encourage the Roman troops to defeat the barbarians .
According to Plutarch , barbarian women came out with swords and axes and pulled the ____________________ up to the battle behind the men so that they could not ____________________ .
The Barbarian ____________________ was ? we win or we die and that means all of us . ?
The Romans slaughter more than 100 , 000 Teutones , the rest they take as ____________________ .
Rome is not yet out of danger ; Marius has only crushed half of the barbarian horde the Cimbri are still on the loose .
The Cimbri come to Marius and say we want ____________________ , we don't want to fight .
The Romans always offer a ____________________ to the gods prior to battle to ensure a chance at ____________________ .
Altogether the Romans number ____________________ , 000 men , they face twice as many Cimbri .
Marius uses positioning and ____________________ warfare against the Cimbri .
The Roman foot ____________________ is the mainstay of the battle .
At ____________________ the Romans wipe out over ____________________ , 000 Cimbri .
Now that the barbarian threat has passed many ____________________ are openly ____________________ toward Marius .
In the battlefield of ____________________ Marius was not as ____________________ as he was on the battlefield .
Marius never loses the love of the people and is elected to an extraordinary ____________________ Consulship .
Marius left a ____________________ of power in the hands of the ____________________ .
The Roman Empire starts a long slow slide into ____________________ .