HIST 1001 : Week 8 Notes Exam 3
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Tiber river is insignificant to the roman empire. Palatine hill => earliest evidence of people living in rome. Capitoline hill => hill in which the romans built their main temple (temple to jupiter) Debate about whether or not they were indo-european. Built with wood, but used stones to build their tombs, also used bronze. Sarcophagus" were usually highly decorated with stone: city of the seven hills, etruscans, the city, romulus and remus, aeneas story, italian geography, geography. Era of the seven kings, 753 509 bc. The republic, 509 27 bc: tarquin the proud, sextus tarquinius, lucretia. Romans begin terraforming their city and leveling off the hills. Built the forum as the main meeting center in rome. Born to an etruscan king and his wife; prophecy stated that the twin boys were the son of mars and would grow up to overthrow the king of the.
