CLAS 3P05 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Tullus Hostilius, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
22 Nov 2015
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Livy"s ab urbe condita - 753: regal rome (ca. Seven kings of rome: romulus, numa pompilius, tullus hostilius, ancus marcius, l. tarquinius priscus, servius tullius, l. tarquinius superbus. First four kings may not have actually existed, but the last three definitely did. Government: king (rex, consults with patrician senate (consulting body of older men) In curia (council of ramnes, tities and luceres) (a curia is also a senate house) Aetiology: regal period, settlement-> town, social structure, cultural development, republican period, city = state. In some evidence there is only one infant instead of twins: funerary stele: lioness and infant- bologna (6th c bc, cista detail: wolf/lion and infant- praeneste (5th c bc) Social structure: high status and age are connected to etruscans (toga represents high status) Patricians: patres= father, large landowners, local chieftains, descendants of original clans on 7 hills, patrons, toga + special shoes, possibly etruscan, rich/in power, palatine hill.
