due 4/26/14

• The proletarians: in ancient Rome, a property less but voting citizens
• Guys as young as 14 up to guys as old as 50 years old would fight in the war
• Triumvirate: In ancient Rome, an alliance of three politicians that enabled them to control the Republics decision making
• Paterfamilias: the "family father" in ancient Rome, who had unlimited power over his household
• Matron: title of honor given to a married woman in ancient woman
• Semi-professionals fought largely in the hope of bettering themselves through pay, loot, promotion, and above all grants of land or money to provide them with a living when they were discharged
• Caesar an aristocrat stuck up for the poor people, he sided with them and used his influence with them to advance his own cause