Rome
City-state and Empire: The Roman Republic (1 of 4)
- Italy and it's people
- Indo-European tribes moved into the Italian peninsula and some settled along the river creating the city-state known as Rome
- The Etruscan people, originally form the east, had settled in the north of Italy and were an early influence on the Romans.
- Romans were also influenced by the Greek settlements to their south and learned the alphabet and city-state organization from them
City-state and Empire: the Roman Republic (2 of 4)
- The Roman Republic: The Senate and the People
- Originally, Rome was a monarchy on the Etruscan model with a council of elders called the "senate"
- Around 500 B.C.E., the Romans overthrew their monarchy and established a "republic"
- Since the senate was populated only by Patricians (aristocratic men), the Plebians (ordinary men)fought for a vote in Rome's government
- Each year the senate elected two rulers, "consuls," who each served one term of one year
- As in the Greek city-states, the Romans would appoint a single dictator in times of war or conflict
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