CAS CL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: 1 Bc, Roman Citizenship, Rhea Silvia

• School: Boston University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CAS CL 102
• Professor: James Uden

Document Summary

Home to a number of different people and languages fighting for. River tiber and 7 hills of rome (natural fortress and boundaries domination. First with a million people and a sewage system. Name of region in italy where rome is located. Language= latin (indigenous people called the latins: latium, latin. Derived from greek and sanskrit: foundation. Lupa (she-wolf) raised romulus and remus; 753 bc. Romulus and remus: mother- rhea silvia (raped, exposed as children (left to die, she-wolf found them and fed them, adopted by a shepherd, became military leaders, fought over where to build rome, romulus killed remus, etruscans. Lived close to the coast and had interactions with the middle. Their art was more similar to that of the middle east and egypt (not roman like) They made funeral urns with face and arms. Made wax faces of those who died. Seven kings ruled rome during this period. 753 bc- 509 bc: monarchy, republic.