- Specifically where did the first indo- Europeans settle around 750BC?
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 the Mediterranean
sea, which was (thought to be) the center of the world. Its fate!
- What three groups of people dominated the culture of early Rome?
Latins(first
settlers)- Etruscans(came from the east)- Greeks
- Who was Tarquin the Proud, and what was so significant about him?
Last Etruscan King,
his son raped a women
- Rome moved from monarchy to a republic?
Ruled by etruscan
kings who were advised by righ patricians
After tarquin,
government became res publica or republic
- Patricians and plebeians?
Plebeians- farmers
who didn't have power
Plebeians-
upper-class, powerful, landowning
- Senate- a group of people who help make laws
Consuls-
could veto each other's laws, people with the most power, one year terms
Tribunes-
leaders of the plebian assembly
- Twelve tables
Laws posted in the
forum to keep order
- Modern document and the modern government?
The constitution and
the senate/assembly- US senate/house of reps-consuls/dictator-president of the
US- senate could act like judges- like our supreme court
rich serving in the senate?
- members were not paid, but worked their way up from low-ranking magistrates to higher ones. they spent a lot.
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