Q:Specifically, where did the first Indo-Europeans settle around 750 BC?
A:On the shores of the Tiber River, in the low-lying "Seven Hills" of central Italy. perfectly located. In the middle of Italy. In the middle of the Mediterranean sea, which was (thought to be) the center of the world. Its fate!
Q: What three groups of people dominated the culture of early Rome?
A: Latin's, Etruscans, Greeks
-Tarquin the proud was last of the Etruscan kings, he ruled as a tyrant from 534-510 C. He was run out of Rome by a scandal.
-Ruled by Etruscan kings (monarchy) who were advised by rich patricians (the Senate- an aristocracy)
After Tarquin (no more tyranny), the gov't became res republica (the peoples business), or republic (Like the Greek democracy)
Patrician- upper class , landowning, established, connected, powerful
Plebian- common people, workers, small-time farmers, some wealthy non-patricians
Senate-gov't assembly of 300 9unpain) patricians, appointed for life; first by kings, then consuls
Consuls- two senators who led the gov't and military for one-year terms; could veto each other
Tribunes- leaders of the plebian assembly; first rather powerless, gaining ground over the years
-The Twelve tables marked the first time that laws were written down, they set up protection of the plebeians who were getting pushed around by patricians, and were publically displayed in the Forum (450 BC)
-The Roman republic serves as a model for The Constitution of the US and its separation of powers and for the Senate, Assemblies-USS Senate, House of Reps- Consuls, Dictator-president of the US, Senate could act like judges-like our Supreme Court
-The rich could only serve in the Senate because members were not paid, but worked their way up from low-ranking magistrates to higher ones. They needed to spend a lot to look good, popular, and powerful, making them electable. Plebs couldn't afford to do that.
-The kings who ruled between 600 and 500 BC ordered the building of the Forum, Rome's political center.
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