CLA 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Caelian Hill, Viminal Hill, Esquiline Hill

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 1102
• Professor: Richard Burgess

Document Summary

History: famous hills: palatine, aventine, capitoline, quirinal, viminal, Esquiline, caelian: latium was a city and their language was latin. They wanted to build a city there because with the help of the hills they were easily defensible. Also, good soil for agriculture, and good water. (3 things: tiber (river) is an excellent stream of transportation. Etruscans city were mostly in the north of italy: lots of forest in the area, timber, stone, metal deposits . And salt because you are close to the coast line: etruscans and greeks had lots of trading. Rome was starting to become influenced directly by greeks: native-latin, etruscans, greeks 3 major influences, important, central meeting hall where the important ppl get together and discuss what needs to be done. Curia, or in other words the senate house: 1000 900 bc earliest graves *important, 750-725 is around the time the wall was built around the palatine, around the time of the greek settlement, important date.