Rome -- The Kings, Tarquins and Early Republic
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How did the geography of Rome help in its earliest
establishment?
THE MYTHOLOGICAL FOUNDING AND MANY
TARQUIN RULERS OF THE EARLY REPUBLIC
BEGINNINGS LEGENDS
Romulus and Remus were:
semi-divine, born of Mars and a
woman,
threatened as babies
placed in basket on river
rescued by a she wolf
raised by a shepherd,
built city on land of rescue
Romulus jumped a wall on Palatine
hill and killed Remus with a brick,
Romulus named the city after
himself, Rome.
BEGINNINGS LEGENDS
Another story is The
Aeneid, by Virgil,featuring
Aeneas, (a-KNEE-us) a
survivor of Troy in the
myth, The Illiad,
Aeneas built the city and
his sons were Romulus
and Remus
The historical truth: seven
villages of Latins which
were separated by
swamp, were attacked by
the Sabines and the
Etruscans, then unified
ROMULUS
Responsible for
beginning Rome’s
development
Established the 100
patres, founding the
patrician class and
senate
Made Capitoline Hill an
asylum for fugitives
w/o women
TITUS TATIUS
Leader of the Sabines
lived at same time as
Romulus
Enlarged the city
Started several
religious cults
Borrowing from
conquered cultures
NUMA POMPILIUS
Founded religious
temples and offices
Vestal Virgins
Pontifus maximus, chief
priest of Rome
(one leader for
government and religion)
Possibly a Sabine
leader as well
TULLUS HOSTILIUS
Established Rome’s
Senate house the
Curia Hostilia
Senate ideas from
Greece
Conquered Alba Longa
a city founded by
Aeneas’ son
Vicious warrior, word
hostile traced back to
how he treated people
ANCUS MARCIUS
Enlarged Rome’s
territorial control by
capturing Etruscan
land to the North
(Roman expansion)
Captured port of Ostia
TARQUINIUS PRISCUS
Also known as Tarquin the
Elder, came to Rome from
Etruria, bringing Etruscan
customs, culture and
builders w/ them
(Think of the “Roman
sponge”)
Built earliest public works,
temples on Capitoline hill,
a public sewer, fought wars
with neighboring cities
Arrogant made enemies of
the royal clans
SERVIUS TULLIUS
A slave in the Tarquin
household, became
king when a Tarquin
was murdered
Remembered as mild
and kind, instituted the
census and the
assembly
Built a wall around
Rome still called the
Servian wall
LUCIUS TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS
Known as Tarquin the
Proud.
Led to a rebellion against
the Tarquins led by Brutus.
Brutus became one of 1st
consuls; he killed his own
sons for trying to returns
the Tarquins to Power
THE REPUBLIC
The Senate was made up
of 300 upper-class men
called patricians and
common citizens called
plebeians
Only patricians could hold
office, led by 2 consuls.
The senate advised
consuls who then ruled,
consuls had veto power
which means “I forbid.”
THE REPUBLIC
Dictators could be
appointed in an
emergency, most famous
Cincinnatus who left
plowing his fields to lead
the army and returned to
his mule in one day.
Longest rule by a dictator
was Sulla who ruled and
took the power away from
the Senate and Patricians
for two years.
The last Dictator was Julius
Caesar.