ROME NOTES
ETRUSCANS Knew how to pave roads, drain marshes,
and construct sewers First people to settle along the Tiber
River
REPUBLIC A.Power rests with citizens
i. Headed by consulsa. consuls had veto power b. checks and balances
REPUBLIC
2. Praetors- elected to help consuls
3. Advised by senatei. In the event of war a dictator may be
appointed
REPUBLICB. Patricians- member of the Roman landholding,
upper-classC. 400 BC Plebeians- Roman farmer, merchant,
artisan, or trader1. Engraving of Roman laws on the 12 tables
was prompted by the Plebeians
FAMILY LIFE
A. Head of household- oldest male relative1. Men held the power2. Children mainly educated in home
B. Women- could own property
RELIGION
A. Lares- ancestral spiritsB. Pax Deorum- Peace of the gods
EXPANSIONA. Legions- basic unit of
the Roman army1. Worked to keep peace
B. 290 BC- Romans controlled all of Italy Italy was cut off from the
rest of Europe by the Alps