CLST 101 Lecture : CLST 101Lecture notes

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 101
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

Citizenship given to people who liven in italy. Possible for a slave to gain citizenship: paid for freedom. Roan by birth important for an ancient settlement to be in an area that is easily defendable, provides life, and agriculture: for rome it was also important to stay close to the coast. Adriatic sea, ionian sea, tyrian sea all surround italy. Romans spoke latin the etruscans spoke a different language. Etruscan language does not need to be decifered. Location of rome good because of hills=easy to defend: where bridge is easiest to cross river, roads to get salt from the mouth of the tiber, harbour. Most knowledge of early rome comes from archaeology: no written text, small groups living on hills, at some point only one acropolis serving bigger group, meaning people forming larger groups. Raised and suckled by the capitoline she-wolf.