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Day 2
Monday, April 22, 13
The Italian Peninsula
• What 3 groups vied for control of the Italian peninsula?
Monday, April 22, 13
GIVEN
Monday, April 22, 13
GIVEN
Monday, April 22, 13
• The Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks vied for control of the region in which Rome was founded
GIVEN
Monday, April 22, 13
• The Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks vied for control of the region in which Rome was founded
• The Latins occupied a region of central Italy they called “Latium”
GIVEN
Monday, April 22, 13
• The Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks vied for control of the region in which Rome was founded
• The Latins occupied a region of central Italy they called “Latium”
• The Greeks established colonies on the southern and western coasts of Italy and the island of Sicily
GIVEN
Monday, April 22, 13
• The Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks vied for control of the region in which Rome was founded
• The Latins occupied a region of central Italy they called “Latium”
• The Greeks established colonies on the southern and western coasts of Italy and the island of Sicily
• The advanced civilization of the Etruscans was located in “Etruria”, just north of Latium.
GIVEN
Monday, April 22, 13
• The Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks vied for control of the region in which Rome was founded
• The Latins occupied a region of central Italy they called “Latium”
• The Greeks established colonies on the southern and western coasts of Italy and the island of Sicily
• The advanced civilization of the Etruscans was located in “Etruria”, just north of Latium.
• Rome was built atop 7 hills
GIVEN
Monday, April 22, 13
• The Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks vied for control of the region in which Rome was founded
• The Latins occupied a region of central Italy they called “Latium”
• The Greeks established colonies on the southern and western coasts of Italy and the island of Sicily
• The advanced civilization of the Etruscans was located in “Etruria”, just north of Latium.
• Rome was built atop 7 hills
Why was it that the Latins founded “Rome” and not the Etruscans or Greeks?
GIVEN
Monday, April 22, 13
Rome’s Perfect Location
City surrounded by land
Not exposed to coastal dangers
Receives warning of approaching invaders
Monday, April 22, 13
Rome’s Perfect Location
Monday, April 22, 13
Rome’s Perfect Location
Monday, April 22, 13
“Maritime cities are exposed to dangers both numerous and impossible to foresee.”
Rome’s Perfect Location
Monday, April 22, 13
“Maritime cities are exposed to dangers both numerous and impossible to foresee.”
Rome’s Perfect Location
“In addition, cities located on the sea are subject to certain corrupting influences and to moral decline, for they are affected by alien forms of speech and alien standards of conduct.”
Monday, April 22, 13
“Maritime cities are exposed to dangers both numerous and impossible to foresee.”
Rome’s Perfect Location
“In addition, cities located on the sea are subject to certain corrupting influences and to moral decline, for they are affected by alien forms of speech and alien standards of conduct.”
“Not only foreign merchandise is imported by also foreign codes of morals, with the result that none of the ancestral customs of a maritime people can remain unchanged. The inhabitants of the seaboard do not remain at home but are tempted far from their cities by the hope and dream of swiftly gained wealth...”
Monday, April 22, 13
“Maritime cities are exposed to dangers both numerous and impossible to foresee.”
Rome’s Perfect Location
“In addition, cities located on the sea are subject to certain corrupting influences and to moral decline, for they are affected by alien forms of speech and alien standards of conduct.”
“Not only foreign merchandise is imported by also foreign codes of morals, with the result that none of the ancestral customs of a maritime people can remain unchanged. The inhabitants of the seaboard do not remain at home but are tempted far from their cities by the hope and dream of swiftly gained wealth...”
Monday, April 22, 13
“Maritime cities are exposed to dangers both numerous and impossible to foresee.”
Rome’s Perfect Location
“In addition, cities located on the sea are subject to certain corrupting influences and to moral decline, for they are affected by alien forms of speech and alien standards of conduct.”
“Not only foreign merchandise is imported by also foreign codes of morals, with the result that none of the ancestral customs of a maritime people can remain unchanged. The inhabitants of the seaboard do not remain at home but are tempted far from their cities by the hope and dream of swiftly gained wealth...”
Change=Moral DeclineMonday, April 22, 13
Mos Maiorum
Monday, April 22, 13
Competition on the Italian Peninsula
Monday, April 22, 13