*-The very first
people to settle in Rome were the Latin's
-the Etruscans and
the Greeks were the second 2
-on the Tiber River,
seven hills, good for transportation, drinking water
-thought in the
middle of the world, thought they were in a perfect location, on the water, in
the hills thought they couldn’t go wrong
-one of the first
things they did when they became more situated was they drained part of the
land that was swampy wet, and not good to build things on- very effective since
they did this they were able to build more
- Diverted the flow from river to bigger river
- Building, dam, canals
*-Tarquin the Proud-
last king that they saw in Rome
-didn’t
feel like he had to listen to people, didn’t listen to anyone
-don’t
forget about Tarquin the Proud
Res publica- Latin
for "the peoples business"
-word
republic comes from this
*Republic
- Democracy
- Monarchy
- Aristocracy, like the senate
-instead of a king
there would be 2 consuls
3 forms of government
Judicial
Legislative-
Congress- senate, house of representatives
Executive- president
-Romans had 300
senators back then, we have 100 now
-438 house of
representatives, today,
-every state as a
bunch of house of reps
- California, New York
Plebeians- regular
people
Patricians- rich
people, land, money
Slaves- almost a
third of population
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