C C 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Vestal Virgin, Res Publica, Roman Kingdom
4 Jan 2017
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Rome: found there because it was the center. close to the sea and easy for transport. well connected. Forum valley is in between capitoline and palatine hills. Regal period (753-509 bc): warrior king (romulus) succeeded by peace king numa (calendar priesthood, religious institutions). Both not historical but invented personification, like numa was invented for second stage to concentrate on peaceful activities in the city. Historical kings: servius tullius (6th king, in 6 century, estrusan). Etruscans made rome into city with urban and religious centers. The last king: tarquin the proud = compared to king william of england. Maybe wasn"t as bad as he was made out to be, but had to make him sound bad to justify why he was driven out. Bad guys = tarquin and his son sextus. Hero = brutus (delphi oracle said if kiss mom, first to inherit powers of. Rome = fell down and kissed mother earth).
