MMW 12 Lecture 2: Rome

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 12
• Professor: Alexander B Stewart

Document Summary

Regal period: 750 bc to 500 bc. Republic: 500 bc to 25 ad. Principate: 25 ad to 1453 ad. Son of venus, aeneas flees from destruction of troy. Descendants abandon twin sons, romulus and remus: raised by a she-wolf, grow up to depose evil uncle, put father on throne, found a new city. Disagree on which hill to put their city on: romulus kill remus in a fight. There is a shortage of women, so they steal daughters from neighboring sabines. Sabines invade rome 3 years later: women intervene to stop the fighting. 2 peoples form a kingdom: begin history of violence and assimilation. Establishes council of 100 elders aka the senate. Successor numa (a sabine) is elected: founder of roman religion, elected by population assembly where 1 clan = 1 vote. Eventually, etruscans from northern italy seize throne. Son of king rapes a roman noblewoman. Husband and his friend (brutus) rebel against the king.