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Roman rule extended throughout much of present-day…:
Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Italy location
located in central mediterranean regin
Reasons why italys a good place to live:
——central location
——surrounded by water
——mild climate(fertile soil)
attrabutes of tiber river
People used the river to move goods easily between northern and southern Italy. Merchants could also ship their goods out to the Mediterranean Sea using the river. In addition, Rome was far enough up the Tiber River to escape raids by sea-going pirates.
mthycal findings
The trojan known as Aeneas, and romulus and remus
who wrote the Aeneid, what was it about
virgil the poet. what took place after the Greeks captured the city of Troy, Aeneus led his soldiers out of troy, and married a king’s daughter, uniting the trojans with the other latin speaking people
what is Aeneus known as
Aeneas is known as the “father” of the Romans.
Story of romulus and remus
two twin bothers whos dad was named mars, and they were left by the tiber river and than saved by a she wolf. After they grew up they had conflict, and Remus made fun of the walls that Romulus built. this led to Remus being killed.
first people to allegedly settle in italy
that Neolithic people might have settled in Italy as early as 5000 b.c.
where did latins settle
Latins, settled on the plain of Latium in central Italy.
which two groups influenced roman civilizations development
Greeks and the Etruscans
Greek influence on romans:
Introduced grape and olive farming. The Greeks also passed on the Greek alphabet
Etruscans influence on romans:
-taught the Romans to build with brick and to roof their homes with tiles.
-They drained the water from marshes that lay between Rome’s hills.
-The Etruscans built temples, religious rituals
-style of clothing. wore short cloaks and togas.
-how they run army
Where did the etruscans settle
Etruria, later taking control of rome
what showed the etruscans were proud of their powerful army.
wall paintings also displayed violent battle scenes
Who were etruscans run by
wealthy nobles
what happened in 509 bc
Grew weary of etruscan leaders. the Romans overthrew Tarquin the Proud, the Etruscan king, and established a republic
legions
groups of roman soldiers (6,000 men further divided into 60-120 men)
gladius
a short, double-edged iron sword called a
Iron spear
pilum
standard
a tall pole topped with a symbol, such as an eagle. each legion had one it showed where they were supposed to be on the battle feild.
roman confederation
stressed fairness and kindness.This system gave some conquered peoples, especially other Latins, full Roman citizenship.
Allies of rome
they paid Roman taxes. In addition, they were required to supply soldiers to fight for Rome.
free to manage their own local affairs.
