- The Latins were the first people to show up and settle in Italy.
- Mediterranean- middle of the Earth. (the middle)
- The Romans thought they were blessed by the gods and were better then everyone else.
- They drained one of the rivers so it flowed into the River Tiber.
- DC owes a lot to Rome
- Tarquin the proud- he is a king who the people want to get rid of and he doesn't listen to anyone.
- The Romans copy the Greeks and form a new kind of the Republic
- they mixed three kinds of governments together
- res publica- the business of the people (this is where we got the Republic)
- Our government is similar to the Romans because we have 3 branches too
- The president is sort of like a king- they have a lot of individual power
- The senate comes from the Romans
- The house of reps. is the democracy
- 438 representatives in the United States government.
- the democracy- represents every day people.
- 300 people in the senate of Rome
- two consuls like a king and president so they could veto certain ideas
Project: make a video and a food
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