HIST 2932 Lecture 2: HIST 2935 lecture 2
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Lecture 2: kingship and early republic (part 1) [textbook = ch. Greek/phoenecian colonization of the mediterranean during the early roamn history. The romans believed that aeneas founded a city for himself below the alban mt named alba longa. Wrote annalistic history (chronological arrangement of dates by year) Wrote 142 books and perhaps planned to write 150 instead. Was born in 58 bc in patavium (padua) Wrote his books with a historical narrative. Wrote his work ab urbe condita ( from the foundation of the city ) from the 200s bc onwards. A denarius roman coin with the inscription of julius caesar had a depiction of arneas carrying his father and the aluminum statue of minerva (the roman goddess of wisdom, equivalent to athena) The patricians always claimed that they were the descendants of aeneas, who was mythologically a descendant of the roman god mercury.
