Ancient Rome - Regents Review

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Rome Geography and Early Settlement
By Kerry Giordano Thurgood Marshall Fundamental
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The Geography of Rome
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I. The Geography of Early Rome

• Jumble of plains, river valleys, hills and
  mountains
• The Alps and the Appenines
• More open geography makes political unification
  easier than in Greece
• Geography explains Roman expansion
• City of Rome itself
• Rome center of the Mediterranean world

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The History of Ancient Italy
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Italy in 750 BCE
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The Etruscans and Rome (750-509 BCE)

• Neighbors Erutria/Greece
• Rome settled by Latins
• Build on Palatine Hill (700 BCE)
• The origin of the patron-client system
• First Roman political system rooted in Etruscan
  precedents
• Other developments grounded in Etruscan culture
  and history

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Influence of the Etruscans

• Writing
• Religion
• The Arch
• Cuniculus

• Slave fighting
• Chariot Racing

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Influence of the Greeks

• Architecture
• Writing
• Art
• Religion

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The Mythical Founding of RomeRomulus Remus
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Mythology

• Etruscan City founding rituals
• Gods/Goddesses blends from Greek
• Adopted
• Jupiter Zeus
• Venus Aphrodite
• Romans focus on rituals for different occasions
  not Greek storytelling