the etruscans and early rome. geography of italy
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The Etruscans and Early Rome
Geography of Italy
Etruscans
Early Etruscans
Agricultural lifeWhere did they come from?TradeEtruscan societyExpansion
Burial customs
City of the dead
Religion
Pantheon
Threats And Decline
Disunity
Art
Jewelry
Art
Statuary
Bronzes
Bronzes
Warriors helmet
Etruscan Military
Early Rome
Legends
AeneasRomulus and Remus
Early History
VillagesGreek traders
Age of Kings
Comitia Curiata
ClansImperiumTarquin I
Citizen Army
LegionsCenturiesComitia Centuriata
The Roman Republic
FoundingTraditional vs. actual beginningsAristocracy
Roman SocietyDivisions
Roman GovernmentExecutive functions-ConsulsSenateAssembliesOfficers
CensorsPraetorAedilesQuaestorsTribunes
Class WarfarePatriciansPlebeiansTwelve TablesLictian-Sextian LawsLex Hortensia
Expansion of RomePeacefulMilitary conquest
Punic WarsCarthageFirst Punic WarSecond and Third Punic WarsHamilcar, Hasdrubal, Hannibal
Cato The CensorPolitician
PolybiusUniversal History
Why War And Imperialism?
Defense vs. aggression
Growth of EmpireMacedonia, Greece, Carthage, Pergamum
Beginnings of UnrestPowerful men
The GracchiTiberius GracchiGaius Gracchi
MariusProfessional army
SullaDictator
PompeyProblem solver
Julius CaesarMany talentsFirst triumvirateHistorianGeneral
From Augustus To Fall Of The Empire
The Good Emperor
AttributesHard workerMaintain public order and defenseSensitiveGames and public worksSuccess in war
Decline And Fall
Last of the “good emperors”Weakness in the empireCivil ServiceSlaveryArmy
Theories Of The Fall
Upper class warfareEconomic downturnSoilManpower shortageInvasions of barbarians
Roman Religion
Introduction
Rituals/State cult
Origins
Greek influenceEtruscans3 kinds of divination
Prayer And Sacrifice
AnimismOmens
Worship In The Home
VestaJanusLares PenatesGeniusBirths DeathsFields
State Worship
Pontifex MaximusFour colleges
Worship In The Empire
Foreign religions become importantCybeleMithras
FestivalsParentiliaLupercalia