Tuesday, May 6, 2014

5/6/14 west civ notes

 Since are test is tomorrow today in class we just spent our time reviewing and taking extra notes to  make sure we are fully prepared.
Added Notes on Rome
  • The first Indo-Europeans to settle in Italy was the Latin's who settled on the Tiber river
  • Tarquin the Proud was Rome's last king
  • His son raped a women and he did nothing about it
  • Rome moved from a monarchy to a republic by electing people to make decisions
  • res publica or republic means peoples business
  • Plebeians were the common not as rich people and patricians were rich powerful connected people
  • Consuls were the monarchy in the republic it was just two senators and worked for one year(presidents)
  • Senate was the aristocracy and made up of 300 patricians they worked for life(Senate) 
  • Tribunes was the democracy and represented the Plebeians(house of representatives)
  • Twelve Tables was slabs with written laws in them and was publicly displayed in the forum
  • Our Constitution of the US is like the Rome's Twelve Tables
  • Forum is Rome's political center, just like Greece's agora      

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