Ancus Marcius Flashcards
1
Q
reign
A
642-617
2
Q
laws and religious rites
A
- ordered the pontiff, gaius, to publish laws and religious rites on oak boards across the city- if numas teachings were to be reintroduced, the citizens needed to know their responsibilities
3
Q
say in foreign affairs
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- envoys would be send to visit enemy and demand justice- if it was denied, the envoys would ask each tribe to vote. if a majority of the tribes agreed, war was declared
4
Q
Expansion
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- captured latin city of politorium and destroyed it so it could not be used in the future to attack rome
- destroyed the latin threat in the battle of medullia
- extended over the river tiber. A bridge was built do connect janiculum hill to the city and a wall built around it: few settled here, but it made rome safer from attack by the river.
5
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Buildings
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- port of ostia
- salt works
both on the tiber
