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Today in Western Civilization we took notes on Rome. Before we took notes, Mr. Schick rapped a song about Rome as Chi-Cago. Here are the notes that I took.

Italy is in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.

Rome is on a hill, which is very good for them.

The people who lived in the Italian Peninsula thought that they lived in the middle of the world.

City State Empire: The Roman Republic (4 of 4)

·      Republic Values

-           Romans had strong values and a particular connection to the gods Jupiter (Zeus), Juno (Hera), and Minerva (Athena)

-           Romans believed that it was every citizens duty to participate in government and war, excluding women

-           The Roman family and clan (group of related families) was paternalistic and the “family fear_ had complete control

-           Married women were also revered in Rome as “matrons”

-           “Pater familias” – head of the family (family-father)

Roman Expansion (1 of 3)

·      Allies and Colonies

-           Rome was a military culture and made a number of improvements to the older Greek tactics which made their armies nimble and effective

-           When Rome conquered a neighboring territory, they often extended Roman rights and privileges to the conquered people, absorbing them into Rome itself

-           Non-Romans in Italy anxious to become citizens, incentivized to become allies of Rome

Tarquin the Proud – Leader, monarch, bad to his people

Rome overthrew Tarquin

New form of government – Republic

Republic was a mix of three other types of governments  - Democracy/Aristocracy/and a small part Monarchy

They had two consols because they didn’t want one to have too much power

Senate and Assembly could over rule the leader