Classical Studies 1000 Lecture 45: Italy Before the Romans

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Bernd Steinbock

Document Summary

Periodization of greek history: bronze age (3000-1100 b. c. , darkage (1100-750b. c. , archaic age (750-480 b. c. , classical age (480-323 b. c. , hellenistic age (323-30 b. c) Periodization of roman history: stone age in italy, bronze age in italy, iron age in italy. Roman constitutional history: monarchy ( 753 -510 b. c. , roman republic (510-27 b. c. , roman empire (27 b. c. Western roman empire (395- 476 a. d. : but: holy roman empire (800- 1806 a. d. ) Stone age in italy: paleolithic and mesolithic (40,000-4,000, neolithicrevolution(4,000) Sedative life stile: domestication of plants and animals: chalcolithic(2000-1800bc) use of copper tools. Bronze age in italy (1800-1100): 1800-1600:earlybronzeage, 1600-1300:middlebronzeage. In ux of indo-european speakers from the north: apennine culture (similar to pottery in balkans and greece) In uence from mycenaean greece: participation in metal trade: 1300-1100: late bronze age. In ux of more indo-european speakers from the north: urn eld culture (cremation and burial in urns) Increase in settlement size: 100 people per village.