Rome Notes

Rome- 

• Etruscans- set up a grid section
• Tarquin the Proud- last king of Rome
• Roads- used stone roads to be dependable  
• Had gladiators and entertainment
• made them forget about their awful life

Architecture-

• copied from the Greeks 
• detailed 
• Roman Arch 
• Aqueducts- able to move water into the town 
• Colosseum- series of arches
• held 60,000 people 
• statues in the arches
• able to flood field of play 

Government-

• Patricians- higher class, money, wealth, land 
• Plebeians- lower class, no power
• Consuls- two people, 
• came up with ideas and both have to agree before the law can be set
• didn't like only one person 
• Senate- patricians (aristocrats) 
• Twelve Tables- written down laws, Plebeians gained from this 
• Plebeians needed a voice in government 
• Assemble- like the senate, but for Plebeians, 
• if elected --> called a tribune
• if something bad happened, they would give one person all the power, dictator
• only dictator for 6 months
• then back to senate or consul 
• only one person to be able to make decisions
• consuls were in power for one year 
• did not want one person to get too much power

Punic Wars

• fought between Rome and Carthage 
• The punic wars took place between 264 to 146 BC
• Rome was victorious in all of the punic wars