HIST 4001 Lecture : HIST 4003- Mackay Book Notes
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Mackay notes- ancient rome: a military and political history. Part one: obscure beginnings, to 246 b. c. (p. 9-39) Pages 9-22: foundations and kingdom, to ca. Peaceful numa: the kingdom was not hereditary- the kings were elected by an assembly, which apparently had some sort of legislative power, roman political and religious practices were strongly influenced by the etruscans, as were early. Roman art and religion****: the romans also developed their writing system from the etruscans (who borrowed it from the. Greeks: 7th century0 the etruscans began to expand south, around 650 bc- they established themselves in campania- creating a major settlement at. A law was passed to extend a consul"s command: the term dictator was a respectable office within the roman state. Judged accusations of criminal misbehavior: the roman assemblies greatly restricted popular interference in public policy: Lack of power of initiative- a roman assembly could only meet when summoned by a magistrate with the right to do so.
