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Rome (Roman Republic (Environment (Groups that lived in Italy (Greeks…

- - - - Greeks
        
        Lived in the South
      - Etruscans
        
        Lived in the North
  - - - As a result, Rome
        became a republic
        
        People could vote and choose leaders
    - - Patricians
        
        Had most of the power
        
        Had land and were Aristocrats
        
        In the beginning they had more power
      - Plebians
        
        Most of the population
        
        Merchants, Farmers, etc
        
        The Plebians got their own assembly
        
        This allowed them to elect
        representatives called tribunes
    - - Any citizen with a property had to serve the army
      - Legions
        
        Units that the Roman soldiers were organized in
        
        Heavily armed foot soldiers
  - - - Base for the Roman Laws
      - All free citizens were protected by law
    - - Executive
        
        2 consuls
        
        Elected each year
        
        Led the army and the government
        
        Dictator
        
        Power only lasted for 6 months
        
        If there was some kind of crisis,
        the republic would appoint a dictator
      - Legislative
        
        The Senate
        
        All 300 members were
        chosen from the upper class
        
        They passed the laws
        
        Assemblies
        
        Could also pass laws
        
        Included members from all classes of society
        
        Very democratic
      - Judicial
        
        Praetors (8 judges by the
        Centuriate Assembly)
  - - - 1st War
        
        Rome and Carthage wanted the
        control of Sicily and the Mediterranean
        
        Lasted 23 years
        
        Carthage lost
      - 2nd War
        
        Carthage was being led
        by the general Hannibal
        
        He assembled a very big army (w/elephants)
        
        Hannibal led his army into Rome,
        for many years his tactics worked
        
        The Romans were able to stop him with the comands of general Scipio
      - 3rd War
        
        Romans attacked Carthage
        
        The habitants from the city became slaves and the city was set on fire
- - - - The Roman artists were inspired by the Greeks
      - There were some different aspects between Greek art and Roman art
      - The goal of Roman art was to educate the people
      - Romans would make mosaics
      - Sculptures
        
        Roman sculptures were more realistic
        
        Images came out from a flat backround in Roman sculptures
      - Paintings
        
        Mostly found in Pompeii
        
        The ash that covered the city protected the paintings
        
        The Romans were very skilled in painting
      - Literature & Philosophy
        
        Rome also inspired themselves on the Greeks
        
        Shaped by Homer's poems
  - - - Latin
        
        It was the official Language of the Roman Catholic Church
        
        Developed into many other languages
    - - Romans built many things that are still used to today
        
        Arches
        
        Outstanding road system
        
        Domes
        
        Aqueducts
        
        Carried water from rivers to cities
    - - Most lasting Roman achievement
      - The standars set by the Roman Law are still being used today