Rome Notes

  • Who settled in Rome? Etruscans. came from north central part of the peninsula, metal workers, artists, and architects Two foundation myths:Virgils Aeneid - where Aeneas escapes Troy and the story of Remus and Romulus Greeks :they had many colonies around the Mediterreanean Sea ,romans borrowed ideas from them such as: religious beliefs, alphabet, much of their art,military techniques and weaponry 
    • Latins: descendants of the Indo-Europeans,settled on the banks of the Tiber River, situated so trading ships could navigate as a far as Rome, a commercial part, but not susceptible to attacks, it was built on the seven hills, especially Palatine.  Many streams flowed into the Tiber River there as a marshy area called the Forum this was between Palatine and Capitaline. Tarquin the Proud's grandfather built the Cloaca Maxima (largest ancient drain) 
    • this channeled water into the Tiber River

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Power Point

Etruscans came from north-central part of the peninsula metalworkers, artists, architects two foundation myths: Virgil’s Aeneid (where Aeneas escapes from Troy - sound familiar?) the story of Remus and Romulus Greeks they had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea Romans borrowed ideas from them, such as: religious beliefs alphabet much of their art military techniques and weaponry the Latins! descendants of Indo-Europeans settled on the banks of the Tiber situated so trading ships - but not war fleets - could navigate as far as Rome, but no further a commercial port, but not susceptible to attack and... built on seven hills (esp. Palatine) many streams flowed into the Tiber there was a marshy area called the Forum,  between Palatine and Capitoline Hills Tarquin the Proud’s grandfather built the Cloaca Maxima (largest ancient drain), which channeled water into the Tiber urban legend says Washington DC was built on a swamp - but only abo
Read more

Rome pt.5

  - The poet Juvenal said Rome "anxiously hopes for two things: bread and circuses" - Bread (free grain from the state) and entertainment (circus Maximus, Colosseum), partly to keep them alive,  and partly to keep them quiet, distracted, and docile A Change in Rule - Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting the plebeians (even though he was ultimately unsuccessful).   Military generals worked that angle - lead an army that conquers a land, then give them a share in the spoils - Soldiers' loyalty was to their military leader, not necessarily to Rome or the Republic No one did that better than Caesar: - Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE) (test question) - A highly successful general - He conquered the huge territory of Gaul He could play the game (of politics):  Made common folks happy  Made friends in high places  Pompey (a general who conquered Syria and Palestine)  Crassus (the richest man in Rome, one of the richest men in all history)  These three
Read more