Rome

Today in Western Civ, we started the section Rome. So here are my notes:

Chronology:
-ninth century: Etruscans, Greeks, and Latin's moved into Italy (next to the Tiber River)

City-state and Empire - The Roman Republic:
-Italy and its people
-Indo-European tribes moved into the Italian peninsula and some settled along the Tiber Rover creating the city-state known as Rome.

-Remus and Romulus were babies who came and were going to be put to death. So they were put into the Tiber River, however they were taken in by a female wolf. A woodpecker brought them food. They were taken into by two shepherds until grown. Remus and Romulus get into a fight and he kills Remus then creates Rome named after him. (the story of how Rome was created)

-Etruscans settled in the east
-Romans were influenced by Greece and their settlements to their south. Learned the alphabet and city-state organization from Greece.

The Rome Republic: The Senate and the People:
-originally, Rome was a monarchy on the Etruscan model with a council od elders called "The Senate".
-C. 500 BC, the Romans overthrew their monarchy and established a "Republic" 
-Since the Senate was populated only by patricians (aristocratic men) the plebeians (ordinary citizens) fought for a vote in Rome's government.
-Each year the Senate elected two rulers, "consulus", who each served a term of one year.
-As in the Greek city-states, the Romans would appoint a single dictator in times on war or conflict

-12 tables: list of laws that were posted in the public square
-Res publica - Latin term meaning the people's affair.


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