ILCS 1170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Frederick Ii, Holy Roman Emperor, Mount Etna, Guiscard
19 Jan 2017
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Trinacria: three-pointed shape of sicily triangular 3 legged woman - symbol of trinacria. Sicily was the granary of rome - producing wheat for the empire. Latifundia: practice of farming where large amounts of land are used to grow wheat. Carthage was at the northern tip of africa and southern tip of. Rome was in control of all of italy. 3 wars: 264-241 bc 218-201 bc and 149-146 bc. 330 - 1453 ad the eastern roman empire after the roman empire fell. Conquer the saracens and ruled in the 11th and 12 centuries. A period of theater, production, glory, etc. 1060 - 1064 robert and roger guiscard conquered sicily. Robert described as cunning, successful, broad, strong, powerful, Relating to arab and the nomads of the syrian and arabian deserts. Bandits and highway robbers who take advantage and hope to take control of a certain territory. They control passageways and make people pay them to get through.
