Rome

Do Now (U4D4) December 2, 2013 Read and analyze “Do Now: Geography and Peoples of Rome.” Then answer the questions on the back.

Pivotal Question 1: What is the significance of the seven hills, Tiber River, and the Appian Way?

Pivotal Question 2: Who are the people that make up the Romans?

Roman Peoples By 800: the Latins migrated into Italy and settled along the Tiber River Romans shared Italy with other peoples Greek colonists who lived in southern Italy Etruscans who lived in the North

Romans and the Etruscans Romans learned much from the Etruscans Adopted Etruscan alphabet that the Etruscans earlier acquired from the Greeks Building with the Arch

Etruscans

Etruscan vs. Roman Alphabet

Romans takes ever Romans drove out the Etruscan ruler in 509 BCE Marks the beginning of Rome New Romans set up a Repubic, or a “thing of the people” Romans believed that a Republic would prevent any one person from obtaining all the power

Roman Republic Made up of Senate, Consuls, and Dictator (in war time) Senate: 300 patricians (landowner upper class) Consul: 2 patricians (only in power for one year to limit their influence Dictator: In war time, one person selected for absolute rule for six months Most famous dictator was Cincinnatus

Cincinnatus

Plebeians demand Equality At first, all government officals were patricians PLEBEIANS: farmers, merchants, artisans, and traders had little say even though they were the majority This changes in 450 BCE Creation of the Law of the Twelve Tables Plebes form a Tribune, which represented their interests against the Patricians and could VETO laws they felt unfair to plebeian interests

Pivotal Question: How did the Law of the Twelve Tables influence the relationship between Patricians and Plebeians?

Summary Question What was the major achievement of the Roman Republic?