ROME-
was built on 7 rolling hills around the tiber river, near the venter of the italian peninsula. it is the midway point between the alps and italy's southern tip. from 1000 to 500 BC, three groups inhabited the region and fought for control of it. they were the latins, greeks, and etruscans. the latins built the original settlement at rome. it was a cluster of wooden huts on to of on of the seven hills. between 750 BC and 600 BC, the greeks established colonies along the southern part of italy and sicily. the cities became very prosperous and commerciall active. etruscans- were native to northern italy, the were skilled metal workers and engineers, roman adopted their alphabet. REPULIC- is a form of government in which the power rests with citizens who have the right to vote for their leaders. in rome citizenship with voting rights was granted only to free-born adult male landowners. in early republic, different groups of romans struggled for power.
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