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| What are the origins of Rome? How were they described, at their peak? | show 🗑
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| show | 1000 years
Important aspects of civilization from Greece, Egypt and the Fertile Crescent
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| show | Looks like a boot
Sicily is getting kicked to Africa
Rome is at the center of peninsula
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| show | Mountains are less rugged. No isolated valleys. Fertile plains in north and west.
Appennine Mountains
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| When did the ancestors of the Romans migrate into the Italian Peninsula? What was name of this tribal group? Where, on the Italian Peninsula, did they settle? How did they make their living? Why does your text refer to Rome as the city on seven hills? | show 🗑
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| According to Roman legend, who were the founders of Rome? How does this legend connect Rome’s founding with divine intention? | show 🗑
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| What other notable peoples were on the peninsula with the latins? Where were these other people located on the peninsula? | show 🗑
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| show | Origins are uncertain-maybe Asia Minor or the Alps
Ruled much of central Italy And Rome.
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| show | Adapted alphabet from Etruscans that got it from the Greeks.
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| show | The arch and draining marshy lands
Romans adopted Etruscan Gods and Goddesses.
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| show | 509 BC Romans drove out Etruscan king.
This marks the founding of the Roman state.
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| show | Republic=that which belongs to the people.
derivation=res publica
They never wanted to be ruled by a monarch again.
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| Identify and describe the Cursus Honorum. | show 🗑
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| In the early Roman Republic, what was the most powerful government body? What was its function? How many members? What group initially controlled this government body and therefore the Republic? | show 🗑
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| Identify and describe Patricians. . . | show 🗑
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| show | Consuls supervised government business and the armies. Senators chose them from the patrician class.
Two consuls
They only served for one year and they had to approve each other’s decisions.
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| What type of circumstance might have forced the Roman Senate to have appointed a dictator? What were the powers of this official? What was the term of office? | show 🗑
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| Identify and describe Cincinnatus. Why were the Romans so fond of him and his story? | show 🗑
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| Where were the twelve tables posted? Why? Review the text chart on the 12 Tables. | show 🗑
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| Identify and describe Plebeians. What issue shaped much of the political debate of the early Republic? | show 🗑
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| show | After Tables were posted in the Forum plebeians were able to appeal a judgment from a patrician judge.
They gained the right to elect their own officials called tribunes to represent their needs.
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| What other political gains were made by the Plebeians after the 12 Tables? How were these gains made? | show 🗑
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| Identify and describe Tribunes. Define the term veto. | show 🗑
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| Although the Roman Senate still tended to dominate the Roman government, Plebeians had made significant gains in power and rights. What was historically unusual about this process? | show 🗑
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| Review the text chart over types of government practiced in the ancient world? Into which of these categories would the Roman dictator fit? | show 🗑
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| show | The senate, the veto, and the system of checks and balances.
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