On the shores of the Tiber River, in the low lying "Seven Hills" of central Italy. Perfectly located! In the middle of Italy, in the middle of Mediterranean Sea, which was (thought to be) the center of the world. It's fate
What three groups of people dominated the culture of early Rome?
Latins (they are the first)
Etruscan (came from the east, settled up north)
Greeks
Who was Tarquin the Proud, ans what was so significant about him?
The last king of Rome
His son raped a woman
Describe how Rome moved from a monarchy to a republic?
Etruscan kings = monarchy
Senate = aristocracy
Tarquin = tyranny
gov. = republic
Difference between a patrician and a plebeian
Plebeian - common people
Patrician - upper class, power
Define:
Senate - gov. assembly of 300 (unpaid) patricians: appointed for life, first by kings, the consuls
Consuls - two senators who led the gov. and military for one year and could veto each other.
Tribunes - Leaders of plebeian assembly, first rather powerless, gaining ground over the years
What is the 12 Tables?
Marked the first time that laws were written down
Set up to protect plebeians who were getting pushed around by patricians
Publicly displayed in the Forum
The Roman Republic serves as a model for what modern document, and what modern gov.
The Constitutions of the US and its separation of powers
Senate/ Assemblies - US Senate/ House of Reps Consuls/ Dictator - President of the US Senate could act like judges - like our Supreme Court
Describe why only the rich could serve in the Senate
Members were not paid, but worked their way up from low-ranking magistrates higher ones. They needed to spend a lot to look good, popular and powerful, making them electable. Plebes couldn't afford to do that.
The kings who ruled between 600 and 500 B.C. Forum most political center
paterfamilas - the father is the head of the family
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