Rome Review

Geographic Features of Rome consist of

• center of Mediterranean, built on 7 hills, located near a river

• mountainous, monsoons, located near a river

• deserts, built on 7 hills, located near Mediterranean

• mountainous, hot weather, near Mediterranean

Earliest settlers, brought language to peninsula

• Greeks

• Latins

• Ayrians

• Etruscans

brought metalwork, religion, architecture (arches), first kings

• Greeks

• Latins

• Etruscans

• Ayrians

set up colonies on Italian peninsula (brought religion & architecture)

• Etruscans

• Latins

• Aryians

• Greeks

Last king to rule Rome

• Tarquin the Proud

• Alexander the Great

• Octavious (Augustus)

• Julius Caeser

Why do the Romans start a republic

• Needed to unify empire

• Previous tyrant ruler

• Wanted to copy the greeks

• None of the above

wealthy upper-class landowners

• Patricians

• Plebeians

middle/lower class people (made up the majority of population)

• Plebeians

• Patrians

made up of 300 patricians, elected for life, suggested laws = very powerful

• Consul

• Senate

• Tribunes

• Dictator

2 patrician men who served as presidents (had to agree)

• Dictator

• Senate

• Consuls

• Tribunes