rome:
rome was bullit on 7 rolling hills around the tiber river, near the center of itilian perninsula
its id the midway point between the alps and italy southern tip
First Romans:
from 1000 to 500 b.c three groups inhabited the region and fought got control of it.
they were latins, greeks, and ethruscans
the latins built the original settlement at rome, it was a cluster of wooden huts o top of the seven hills
Greek influence
between 750 b.c and 600 b.c, the greeks established colonies along the southern part of italy and sicily
the cities became very prosperpus and commmercially active
they brought all od itrly, including rome into closer contact with greek civilization
Etrucans
they ewere skilled metal workers and engineers
they were very influential in the developent of roman civilizations
roman adopted there alphebet
also they adopted some of there architectures especially the arch
Republic
Republic- is form of government in which the power resr with citizens who have the right to vote for there leader
in rome, citizenship with voting rights was granted only to free-born adult male landowners
Partricians and Plebeians
in the early republic, different groups of romans struggled for power
Patricians- the wealthy landowners who held most of the power
plebeians- the common person, but could still vote, usually farmers and merchants
the patricians inherited there power and social status, and clamined that they had the right to rule due to there ancestry
they barred the plebeians from holding high offices in the goverment
in the the leaders of rome, allowed the plebeians to form there own assemblya nd elected there own repesetative to protect there rights from the patrician officials they call there there tribunes
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