The Foundation and Geography of Rome

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The Foundation and Geography of Rome
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Roman Location

• Small Italian city-state
• Central on Italian peninsula
• Influence of Rivers
• Northern Alps
• Mediterranean Sea

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Forming Rome

• Myth of Romulus and Remus
• Latins move onto peninsula around 800 BC and
  establish Rome as a town
• Greek Influence trade, technology, crops,
  alphabet, culture
• Etruscan Influence arch, army
• Patricians expelled the Etruscans (ruled under
  King Tarquin) established the Roman Republic in
  509 BC!

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Romulus and Remus
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War and Conquest

• Rome surrounded conquers Latin states in 338
  BC, by 264 BC overtakes the Greeks and Etruscans
• Latin's allowed full citizenship
• Roman Confederation allowed to rule locally,
  but must give Rome soldiers
• SUCCESS? good diplomats, great military (with
  great infrastructure), practical in sense of law
  and government incorporation of conquered
  peoples they buy into Rome!

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Features of Citizenship

• Patricians wealthy land owners
• Plebian Men merchants, farmers, artisans
• Selected foreigners allowed to become citizens to
  promote loyalty to Rome
• Taxes and Military Service Roman Citizens
  Duties
• Rome develops into a representative democracy
  over time

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Roman Republic

• Senate 300 members
• Centuriate Assembly
• Consuls 2 elected members
• Plebian Assembly and Tribunes
• Twelve Tables
• Law of Nations
• Slavery in Rome

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Roman Expansion

• Rome moves toward an empire
• 3 Punic Wars
• Competition for trade
• 2nd War with Hannibal
• Roman victory Carthage destroyed
• 133 BC Spain to Asia
• Mediterranean basin
• Western Europe (Gaul, British Isles)

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