15/04/20

Etruscan (9 B.C. move in Italy), Greece (8 B.C. colonies in South Italy, all around the Mediterranean in the Tiber River) and Latin are the first settlers on the peninsula.

Remus and Romulus were brothers. They have a argument about which way they will go to find their land. Then Romulus killed Remus, and he named the city by his name, this city is "Rome".

City - state and Empire: the Roman Republic
Italy and Its Peoples

• Indo - European tribes moved into the Italian peninsula and some settled along the Tiber River creating the city - state known as Rome.
• The Etruscan people, originally from the East, had settled in the North of Italy and were an early influence on the Romans 
• The Romans were also influenced by the Greek settlement to their South and learned the alphabet and city - state organization from them.

The Roman Republic

• Rome was a monarchy on the Etruscan model with a council of elders called the "Senate".
• C. 500 B.C.  the Romans overthrew their monarchy and established a "Republic"
• since the Senate was populated only by patricians (aristocratic men), the plebeians (ordinary citizens)fought for a vote in Rome's government
• Each year the Senate elected two rulers, "consuls", who each served a term of one year
• Asin the Greek city - states, the Romans would appoint a single dictator in times on war or conflict. 

The Roman Republic: The Senate and the People

• Eventually the plebeians gained power in the Senate by electing their own magistrates, called "tribunes"
• In 450 B.C. the law of Rome were codified and written into the "Twelve Tablets"
• The "mixed" government of patricians and plebeians had many of the checks and balance that modern democracies have today.