Rome Reading 1

Vocab

Republic - a political unit that is not rules by a monarch and in which citizens with the right to vote choose their leaders

Gravitas - disciple, strength, loyalty, weightiness or seriousness

Pater familias - father, the oldest male of the family he had power and could sell any of the family members 

Toga - loose, uncomfortable garment worn by the citizens of rome

Patrician - people who were upper class because they claimed to have had ancestors that were founders of Rome

Plebeian - common farmers, artisans,and merchants

Legion - a massive (4,000 to 6,000) military unit -calavery,horses and infinitry, foot soldiers and spears-

Century - a fighting unity made of 80 people 

Questions 1- 6

How did geography help Rome?

The city is a central point in within a central peninsula 
Has a river, on a hill, have the Alps. 
Mediterranean - they thought the sun and stars went around the world and Mediterranean was the center
Why was each of the following groups important to Rome's development?
*Latins - settled on neither side of the Tiber River, Rome became a settlement of Latin shepherds 
Greeks - Rome established 50 colonies on the coast of southern Italy and Sicily; they copied most of the things Greeks did like Greek gods and architecture
Etruscans - Roman buildings show the influence of Etruscans architecture. Helped Romans to develop Rome's trade. Romans adopted there alphabet   
What were the values of early Roman society?
Gravitas - discipline, strength, loyalty
family
How was the Roman household organized?
Men took charge - pater familias and women took care of the house
What freedoms did women have in the family and in society?
Women were in charge of the home
How was the army linked to Roman society?
All men had to serve in the army, no one could hold public office without being in the army for 10 years