Rome à Act I: Establishing the Glorious
The story begins in when the Romans, led by Junius , drive out the last of the kings.
Quiet Beginnings as a City-State
· Along the River
· Scattered along hills
· Rome created the myth of Romulus and Remus, who were protected by a wolf.
· List the Seven Hills
1.
First Two Jobs of the Republic
· Create a to rule the people and create an to maintain independence.
Rome’s Government
· Legislature à members
o All rich who were elcted by fellow patricians.
o Rome already had such a large population that democracy was impossible.
o Rome created instead a , an democracy.
· Executive à Two
o Served year terms
o Elected by the
o Required to agree on all decisions
· A could be appointed in an emergency, but was allowed to serve only months.
Rome’s Social Structure: Classes
Patricians· ______
· Famous, old families
· 10% of the free population / Plebeians
· 90% of the free population
· Small ______, merchants, urban ______/ Slaves
· Always growing in number as Rome grew and prospered
· Not based on ______
Plebeians Demand a Larger Role
· 494 BC – first revolt of the
o Won debt cancellation and end to if in debt
o Won the right to elect , who had the power to laws passed by the Senate
· 450 BC – Law of the
o Rome’s first set of laws, posted for all to read in
· Plebeian Rights Expand
o Right to hold all
o Right to marry
Rome’s Army
· Citizen soldiers
o Volunteers, 18-45 years old
o Must supply all their own
· Organized into
o 6000 men
§ Organized into of men
§ ______commanded units of 100 men
· Superb, harsh .
Rome Grows Beyond Its Seven Hills
· Conquers Latium, the , the Greeks in Southern Italy, and drives the and out of the Po Valley to the North.