Classical Studies 1000 Chapter Notes -Amulius, Roman Kingdom, Haruspex

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: David Lamari

Document Summary

Some roman achievements will seem like common sense to us, but they are actually great breakthroughs. Around 509 is the founding of their free city, rome is a tiny little dot. By 338 they have a good little chunk of central italy. Add islands, come into contact with greeks. Public possession of rome, all people own the empire. Great place to start a civilization, mountains with timber. Able to raise a greater population: apennines. Volcanic range gives the romans the great land. Wind blows clock wise in the sea, so the greeks couldn"t really travel to italy. Italy actually is somewhat isolated in this time period: eastern vs. western italy. Western italy gets a lot of the rain, which means the land is better. Phoenicians dominated the trade in italy, the lived in the east. The etruscans: 700-480: league of 12 regions. Were not an empire: etruria and rome. Rome was actually a city in there association.