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ROME – Guided Notes
Mythical Founding of Rome
• ____________ and Remus
• _______________ are abandoned in a
basket on the _______________
• Found and suckled by a _______________
• Eventually adopted by a ______________
• The brothers quarreled over where to begin a new
City
• When neither would be convinced of the
others location, Remus mocked Romulus
• _________________________and founds the
city of Rome (753 B.C.)
• Romulus rules the new city and invites all to come
and live freely
• Populated by __________________________
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Geography
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Italian peninsula looks like a ________.
The peninsula is centrally located in the
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of ___________
Much easier to ________ then Greece.
Rome is built on ____________along the
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_______________ and _____________________
Long warm _________________________and short
mild winters
Peoples
• ____________ migrated into Italy about 800 bc.
• Rome is founded by Latin people, who share the
peninsula with _____________, and _______________
• An Etruscan _______________ ruled central Italy,
including Rome
• Romans adopted the best parts of the ___________
around them
• Greek gods merged with Roman deities
• Etruscan ________________
• Latin Arch and Irrigation
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Roman Social Classes
• Patricians and Plebeians
– Different groups struggle for _____________
in early Roman Republic
– Patricians—_____________________class
that holds most of the ___________
– Plebeians—artisans, merchants and farmers;
can ________, but cannot _______
Roman Society
• _____________ was the basic unit of Roman society.
• _____________ had absolute rule in the family
• Women were expected to follow her _______________
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• Roman women did however have a larger role in society
then did __________________
Education
• Girls and boys alike learned to ____________________
• By the late republic, many wealthy Romans were hiring
Greeks as ________________ for their children.
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Religion
• Roman _______resembled those of the Etruscans and
Greeks. Like the Greek god _________, the Roman god
____________ ruled over the other gods.
Roman Gods
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Jupiter
Mars
Juno
Venus
Diana
Saturn
Minerva
Mercury
Pluto
Neptune
Vesta
Greek Gods
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Ares
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Aphrodite
Artemis
Bacchus
Athena
Hermes
Hades
Poseidon
Hestia
Government Takes Shape
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2 ____________ (Rulers of Rome)
• Chosen from the senate
• Served for 1 year
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(Representative body for
patricians)
• Supposedly represented all the
____________ of Rome
• _______________ were the wealthy land
owning class
• Served for ________
• _______members
• Advised the ___________
• Made laws benefiting the ____________
Times They Are A Changin’
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The ____________(low classes, non-nobility) got fed-up
with ___________________, after many long years and
a lot of ________________, the Plebians got some
changes in government
-However, they were never on __________________ with
the Patricians
Plebian Victories
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– In 451 B.C. officials carve ____________________
on twelve tablets.
– Called the Twelve Tables, they become the basis
for later __________________
– Laws confirm the right of all __________________
to the protection of the law.
– Citizenship is limited to ______________________
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– The Twelve Tables are hung in the _____________
• ________________ (Representative body for plebeians)
– Elected from ___________________
– Served for up to 6 years (depending on the era)
– Eventually, one of the ___________________ were
elected from the ________________________
(ranks of the tribunes)
In Times of Crisis
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Because Rome was often at war with other ____________
or people groups, there was a need at times for a strong
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During times of war or civil unrest, the ____________
could appoint a ______________, who would have almost
absolute power, but who served only for a ______________
term, to deal with the immediate problems