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Julius Caesar
100-44 B.C. Roman general who became the republic's dictator in 45 B.C.
Triumvirate
A group of three rulers
Octavian
Adopted grandnephew of Julius Caesar, later called Augustus Caesar
Antony
Caesar's ally and assistant
Augustus
First emperor of Rome
Gaul
Modern day France
Cicero
Rome's greatest public speaker
Pompey
fought civil war with Caesar and lost
Lepidus
joins with Octavius and Antony, used by Octavius and Antony
Latifundia
large farming estates
Rubicon
point of no return
Crassus
richest man in rome, and was part of the first Triumverate
Actium
the battle in which Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra