HUM 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hum Network Limited, Dying Young
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Hum 2: lecture 5- watts: alexander the great. Alexander had the advantage of dying young because he didn"t have to figure out how to rule. Alexander leaves a lots of sizable but not strong empires behind after his united empire broke up (after his death) Virgil provides a story of its founding. Real story: two brothers raised by wolves eventually found rome. This was a significantly backwards part of italy. Started off as a place with its main significance was to load cargo, transport salt, commercial uses. Nobles were elders of the families that lived there, the elders selected the king. Around 6th century bc it was a relatively prominent city, there"s a revolution of those in the army who are upset they cannot vote/choose the king. Because their consensus, they had an advantage as they were willing to see way all the way through and eventually controlled all of italy.
