Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Rome Notes

The Latins- first to live on the Tibet River

Rome- first to live on the peninsula, city was on a swamp that they drained

Myth- they thought that the city started when Romulus and Remus were born and had the mother of a she-wolf.

Rome was named after Romulus

Tarquin the proud- he was the last king of Rome before they came up with their own form of government.

Roman Government- combined 3 different kinds of government

  • Democracy
  • Aristocracy
  • monarchy
Patricians- upper class, richer people who had the most power

Plebians- lower class,

Consuls- had the most power (2 people)

Republic- came from the latin word res publica which means the people's business

No comments:

Post a Comment