Rome
Bult on 7 rolling hills around the triber river near thr center of the italian peninsula it is the midway point between the alps and italys southern tip from 1000 to 500 bc three groups inhabitated the region and fought for control of it they were the latins greeks and Etruscans the latins built the orginal settlement at rome Between 750 BC and 600 BC the Greeks established colonies along the souther part if itialy the cities became ver properous and commercially active they brought all of itialy including rome inro the closer Etruscans There were native to northan italy there were skilled metal workers an engineers there were ery influential in developemnt of rome civilazation romans adopted their alphabet aslo they adopted some if rgeur argurecrter especially the arch Replice- is a form of goverment in which the power rests with citizans who have the right to vote for therir leaders in rom citizanship with the voting rights was granted only to free-born adult male landowners- patricians and plebeians in the early republic different groups of romans struggled for power patricians- the wealthy landowners who held most of the power Plebians- the common person but could still vote usally farmers and merchants.
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