- Latins were the first ones there
- They gave us our language
- Traced from the Romans (Romance language)
- The ancient people loved their location
- Important to be at an elevation
- They were in the middle of the peninsula/Mediterranean sea
- Thought it was destiny, because of their location
- Tarkain was the last king of Rome
- he was harsh, unfair, abused his power
- Rome used to be a monarchy
- Tarkain's son raped someone and none of the people did anything about, he was not punished
- The woman who was raped killed herself
- 1/3 of the people of Rome were slaves
- After they overthrew the government they looked to Greece to see that they had a democracy - Demos was the leader
- Res publica - where the word "republic" came from
- means "the peoples affair" in Latin
- Patricians-Land owners, wealthy, connected
- Plebeians-Regular, middle and lower class people, not really any connections with the government
- Aristocracy-Rich, connected, formed the senate
- 300 people, they have their own branch of government
- Assembly was formed to give the plebeians rights
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Explanation of the song
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