Rome
Geography
- built on 7 rolling hills around the Tiber River, near the center of the Italian Peninsula
- It is the midway point between the Alps and Italy's southern tip
First Romans
- From 1000 to 500BC, three groups inhabitied the region and fought for control of it
- they were the Latins, Greeks, and Etruscans
Greek influence
- between 750 bc and 600bc the greeks established colonies along the southern part of Italy and Sicily
- The cities became very prosperous and commercially active
- they brought all of Italy, including Rome, into closer contact with Greek civilization
Etruscans
- They were native to northern Italy
- They were skilled metal workers and engineers
- they were very influential in the developement of Roman Civilization
- Romans adopted their alphabet
- Also they adopted some of their architecture, especially the arch
Republic
- Republic- a form of government in which the ppower 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
Patricians 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
- the patricians inherited their power and social status, and claimed that they had the right to rule due to their ancestry
- they barred the Plebeians from holding high offices in the government
- in time, the leaders of Rome allowed the Plebeians to form their own assembly and elect their own representative to protect their rights form Patrician officials, they called this their Tribunes
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