1. Ch 8, Sec 1: Rome’s Beginnings No one truly knows…

2. Geography of Rome Present day Italy A peninsula in the
Mediterranean Sea
Split between the Alps
and the Apennines
Mountains
City of Rome was located
on the Tiber River
Protected the city
Good source of water
Trading port

3. Benefit of the Mountains
Allowed people to move around easier than the mountains in Greece
Good for farming
Allowed communication between groups
Larger population than any other group of people

4. Who were the Latins Crossed into Italy around 1500-1000 BC
Settled Rome in the middle of Italy
Built Rome on a set of hills
Good farm land
Easy to protect
Good for trade

5. Romulus and Remus Twin brothers given up at birth
Found by a wolf and nursed to
health
Shepherd found them and
raised them to adulthood
Boys built the city of Rome
Remus made fun of his brother’s wall and they couldn’t decide on who should be king
Romulus killed his brother and became king

6. Aeneid Epic story of Aeneas Led the Trojans around the Mediterranean
Landed at the mouth of the Tiber River
Married the king’s daughter of the Latins
Founder of the Romans

7. Early Influences Greece influence: Farming olives and grapes Alphabet
Architecture
Literature

8. Early Influences Etruscans influence:
Built up the cities w/ streets, brick buildings, and temples
Gave them new styles of clothes
Organized their army

9. Etruscan Rule Ruled Rome with dominance Had control for 100 years
Rome became very wealthy and powerful
Had to much power under the Tarquin family and were overthrown
Start of the Republic of Rome

10. What’s a Republic?
A form of gov’t in which the leader is not a king or queen but someone put in office by citizens with the right to vote
Citizens have the power
Romans went to war for 200 years
Kicked out the Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks

11. Rome became strong with it’s army
Every male land owner served
Good problem solvers
Could not leave the army without death
Split each army into legions of 6,000 men each
Each soldier had a sword, spear, and shield

12. Gaining New Lands Eventually controlled all of Italy
Built roads from Rome to all of their territories
Put military bases around Italy
Gave full citizenship to certain groups of people like the Latins
Could vote and serve in the gov’t
Made others allies
Paid taxes and provided troops
Could become citizens in the future