HIST 1010 Lecture 10: Imperial Rome
20 Feb 2019
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Department
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Imperial Rome
The Myth of Rome
Two Founding Myths
●Romulus and Remus
○Sons of mars raised by a she-wolf
○Decide to found a city but disagree about the location but look at the flight
patterns of birds to decide the gods will
○In a disagreement, Romulus kills Remus
○A message that anyone can become a Roman
●Aeneas
○Noble living in Troy (Anatolia) who survives the fall of Troy and escape to the
shores of Italy
○Establishes an early version of Rome with other Trojan refugees
○The standard version in first century BCE
○Roman always existed elsewhere, not a city that comes from the Italian
Penninsula. Romans are always foreigners
Republic to Empire
●The Roman Republic
○A form of political representation based on Greek republicanism (population
has representatives)
○Hellenistic city- adopted a lot from Greek culture
○Patricians
■Top of the social class
■Landholding upper class
○Plebians
■Farmers
■Merchants
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Document Summary
Sons of mars raised by a she-wolf. Decide to found a city but disagree about the location but look at the flight patterns of birds to decide the gods will. A message that anyone can become a roman. Noble living in troy (anatolia) who survives the fall of troy and escape to the shores of italy. Establishes an early version of rome with other trojan refugees. The standard version in first century bce. Roman always existed elsewhere, not a city that comes from the italian. A form of political representation based on greek republicanism (population has representatives) Hellenistic city- adopted a lot from greek culture. Fought between rome and carthage for who would be the dominant power of mediterranian. Hannibal brings an elephant army to rome. Rome avoids the war until the retreat of carthage. Rome burns carthage to the ground and puts salt everywhere to prevent the growth. Led to rome becoming the dominant power.
