Rome built on 7 hills, midway point between alps and Italy's southern tips
1000 - 500 BC Latins, Greeks, Etruscans. Latins were there first.
700-600 BC Greek colonies southern Italy and Sicily
Etruscans native to northern Italy metal workers and engineers influential in Rome's development, Romans adopted their alphabet, architecture
Republic - power rests in the citizens who vote for leaders
free born adult land owners
Patricians- wealthy land owners, held most of power
Plebians- commoners, could still vote, farmers and merchants
Patricians claimed that ancestry gave them the right to rule
Plebians elected Tribunes to protect their rights
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