Classical Studies 1000 Lecture : The Romans Part 1.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: David Lamari

Document Summary

Owes most to ancient greece (its golden age from 490 bc until 323 bc) Not great innovators learned what they could and apllied their knowledge to their own needs and purposes. Dedicated in their pursuit of order and organization and in their administration of their imperialism. Roman dates calculated according to the number of years ab urbe condita (from the city"s foundation or auc) which the romans claim was april 21, 753 bc: annually on apr. Local king (numitor of alba longa) was ejected by his younger brother amulius: to secure his position amulius murdered numitor"s sons and forced his daughter, Amulius was killed in battle and their grandfather"s crown was restored. To cover the date from the sack of troy (1220 bc) to the founding of rome they invented a string of monarchs from aeneas" son (ascanius) to numitor. Cluster of hills 60 to 100 m high.