CLCV 1003 Final: clcv notes for exam.docx

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: CLCV 1003
• Professor: J.J.Gahan

Document Summary

*romans believed their city was founded in 753 bc, archaeological excavation says 8th century bc. **romans like to believe they are descended from gods, a national epic written by virgil says they are from aeneas the. ***latins learned the greeak alphabet from the greeks of their north port in cumae. ****the spark in ignited the metamorphosis of rome from an italian to a mediterranean power was a small incident in. 289bc which was the seizure of messana but a band of campanian mercenaries. *****in the same year that carthage was destroyed, the romans, as an example to unruly greeks, destroyed the achaean city corinth as a prelude to the annexation of greece into the growing empire. *a province was defined as a territory outside italy with its own borders, belonging to the roman people, governed by a. Roman officer of state, and subject to roman taxation.