Transcript Today… Learn about the kings of Rome, listening exercise

HW: Read the rest of scaena II;
Test Mon. on Cap. IV
Today…
Pass back graded work
 Notes on 7 kings
 Playing “bluffing”
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Monarchy: 753-510 B.C.
After Romulus, the king was elected by
the Senate
 Chief priest (augur), judge, and
legislator

Augur

Interpreted the will of the gods by
studying the flights of birds: noises,
direction, number, food they ate, etc.
Romulus
First king
 Established the Senate
 Presided over war with the Sabines and
the abduction of their women
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Aduction of the Sabines
Not enough ladies
 Romulus invites a neighboring tribe (The
Sabines) for a festival
 Romans, armed with swords, abduct
600 of their women
 The “Abduction of the Sabine Women”

Romulus rules 37 years
Upon his death, he is deified (made into
a god or divine figure)
 Worshipped under the name Quirinus

Nicolas Poussin, 17th Century A.D.
Numa Pompilius

“Brought religion to Rome”
 Established the organization of the
‘pontifices,’ or priests
Tullus Hostilius
First expanded
Roman territory
beyond the walls of
Rome
 Conquered the
territory of Alba
Longa; moved all
its inhabitants to
Rome

T.H. is later struck by lightning
because he conducted improper
rituals while sacrificing to the
gods
Ancus Marcius
Grandson of Numa
Pompilius
 Associated with peace
and religion
 He did, however,
conquer the Latins
 Built a wooden bridge
across the river Tiber
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Tarquinius Priscus
Etruscan king from the city of Tarquinii
 Eagle takes hat, then replaces it
 Fought Sabines and the Latins
 Rome is swampy: constructs sewer
system to better drain the city and the
Forum

Expulsion of the Kings
Tarquinus Superbus is the last king.
 Expelled in 509 B.C.
 Republic starts after T.S. is thrown out
 Tarquinus let his son attack a virtuous
Roman woman, Lucretia.

Expulsion of Kings
Renaissance painting of the attack of
Lucretia by Titian.
The Romans
revolted and
expelled Tarquinus
and brought an end
to the monarchy.
• Lucretia killed
herself because
she couldn’t live
with the shame of
being attacked.
7 Hills mnemonic

Every Pretty Queen Chooses A
Charming Vir
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Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal, Caelian,
Aventine, Capitoline, Viminal