CLST 129 Lecture : Week 13 Lec 3.docx
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Rome started as a few villages on hills. Italy had been held by other population groups. Greece by now is the west coast of asia minor, west coast of black sea, southern (boot) of italy, sicily, Creet, islands of the aegean, and others in the mediterranean. Alexander the great gets as far as india (through assyria, persia, into western india. Incorporated greek culture into the cities he took over. Several monarchy"s in the western part of the empire ruled by other people (not as good) Spread up to gaul, farther spain, nearer spain, down to the northern coast of africa (west of the nile, east of mauretania; so basically just a little farther west than carthage) By 44bc they had gaul, and the east coastal regions of the mediterranean. Ad) takes almost all of mediterranean shores up to gaul (modern day. France), down to carthage, to egypt, up to greece and over to asia minor.