CLAB06H3 Lecture 2: CLAB06H3 Roman History Week 2
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Katherine blouin will be mapping questions on midterm and final. Bc = before christ = year before jesus" birth. Ad = anno domini (year of the master) = jesus" birth. Bce = before the common era = bc. 2nd century ad= 101-200 ad no year 0. Italy in the iron age 900-700 bc sources- most archaeological few written; none before 7th century bc. 4 main peoples: latins, etruscans 900-720 bc, phoenicians from 800 bc, greeks from 800 bc. Latinal culture related language and culture; communal rtes and festivals. 9th century bc no more than 100 people. From 800= growth settled on hills some social order; graves arranged by: rite(type of burial(, age & gender miniaturized weapons. Tarquinii, veii (important sites) mysterious origins urban civilization: hydraulics mining/ shafts and tunnels town planning writing revealed highly ritualistic religions. Romans borrowed and owed a lot to the etruscans adopted phoenician gods & goddesses as well as their alphabet.
