Bit of notes

9:58 AM

Tarquin was the last Roman King

He had a son who raped a woman and then she committed suicide

Res Piublica- Peoples affair, peoples power, what we know now as a republic

Patricians are wealthy land owners, Plebeians have the normal, middleclass people

Aristocracy created the democracy and there were 300 of them

The people wanted the patricians to come out and say the laws of Rome so they came up the 12 tables that had the laws and the punishments put down

There monarchs were called consuls and there were 2 of them and they had to be chosen by the senate and had a one year term and then take 10 years before they could run again.

At times they had a dictator that only could be there for 6 months in times of crisis

Rome had a very big military that was well trained and they were called the Roman Legion

A third of the population were slaves and they tried to revolted against us

Carthage tries to take over the island of Sicily and fails

Carthage tries to take over Roma and fail

Then Rome crushes them