HIST 2A Lecture 9: Lecture 9-The Roman Monarchy and Republic
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Greeks competing for land with the phoenicians. Roman origins-diverse people: aeneas (virgil"s aeneid, 1st bce) Rome established long time after the arrival of aeneas. Made his way to italy, the ancestor of the early roman kings. Associate the founding of the city itself. Roman men under the lead of romulus. Invite to a festival, steal the women become the rst roman wives: historical rome. No sources dating back to the roman monarchy. Can trace huts on the roman hills from the 10th century-famous 7 hills; farmers living atop of these hills. Ideally located-a major crossing of the tigris river ( ow to both directions)-river provides access to the sea. Surrounded by powerful neighbors-greeks to the south and the etruscans to the. North: etruscans: urban planning, divination (animal), fasces, writing, porto- gladiatorial ghting, etc; were outsiders-from greece or western anatolia. Fasces-a bundle of rods with a projecting axe blade through it; used as an emblem of authority in fascist italy.
