4/17/13

We went over the rap song and talked about what it actually meant. Some of the notes I got were that the Latins were he first to claim Rome. Tarquin was the last dictator. Rome used to be swampland but was drained. The government was a combination of democracy, monarchy, and aristocracy forming a republic. The consuls were people assigned to make decision. There were two and they could veto each other. Also a set of laws was made called the twelve tabled which empowered the people. The roman legion was their army. A century was a group of mobile soldier and there were usually about 80. Also cavalry were soldiers on horses. Then at the end of class we were talking about the three Punic wars over Sicily between Rome and Carthage ending in Rome winning. Carthage attempted to take over Sicily because it was a great area for trade and control of the area, but Rome didn't let them take it.