ROMAN WORLD TAKES SHAPE

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EARLY SETTLEMENTS

• People called "latins" settled along the Tiber river
• They settled in small villages and huts
• They were the first settlements in Italy
• The Etruscans settled in northern Italy
• Northern Italy is filled with fertile fields and plains

EARLY ROME

• Romulus and Remus were two brothers
• They founded Rome as the legend says
• One brother killed the other

NEW GOVERNMENT

• At First, all government officials were patricians, or in the landholding upper class
• The plebeians (farmers, merchants, traders) had little power
• In 450 B.C., the plebeians demanded written laws
• Then they won the right to elect their own officials

ROMAN POWER

• By 270 B.C., the Romans had conquered all of Italy
• They ruled all of Italy and had one of the largest empires at the time
• They bargained with other tribes and people for land

ROMES ARMY

• Rome had well trained soldiers
• They were put in a legion, a group of 5000 men
• Rome posted soldiers throughout the empire
• We're given rewards for brave and honorable duties
• One out of every ten who fled from battle were killed

MAINTAINING THE STATE

• By posting soldiers throughout the land, it built a network of soldiers
• That made of all weather military roads to link other lands to Rome

THE UPPER AND LOWER CLASS

• Rome had two classes of people, the plebeians and patricians
• The plebeians were poor and mostly worked as a farmer, artisan, or merchants
• The patricians were wealthy and were mostly officials or government related

ROMES GOVERNMENT

• Senators chose two new consuls each year from the patrician class
• In war, the senate chose a dictator for a term of 6 months
• The plebeian class elected tribunes
• Tribunes could veto or block laws
• The forum (laws) were located in the main market

WOMENS RIGHTS

• Roman women could not vote
• They could own property
• They could also own small buisnesses

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