geography of italy
legendary origins
early republic
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100

Rugged land made it hard for ancient people to cross from one side of the what to the other

what is peninsula

100

Aeneas arrives in what?

what is Italy.

100

In this Republic this system was supposed to keep any one person from becoming too what in the government?

what is powerful

100

What did the tripartite government consist of what

what are consuls, senate, and assembly

100

were there any written records about rome?

no

200

cities on what and what

what are hills and mountains

200

Aeneas became a what in italy

what is ruler

200

Because of losing many wars, destroying many lives and losing much property the romans chose what?

what is dictators

200

who did the senate advise?

consuls

200

the shape of what is considered to be a what

peninsula

300

this allowed people to grow wide variety of crops such as grains, citrus fruits, grapes, and olives

warm dry summers and mild rainy winters

300

romulus and remus are saved by a wolf and raised by a what

what is shepherd

300

what are plebians?

what is common people

300

who helped make the laws for rome?

assembly

300

how did rome become so powerful?

army

400

These caused roadblocks and natural moats formed protecting what?

what is rome

400

romulus builds a city and names it what?

what is rome

400

what are patricians?

powerful nobles

400

what increased within rome and beyond the empire?

trade

400

how was rome supposedly founded

by two brothers raised by wolves

500

Also Italy's mountains such as what

what is mt. vesuvius

500

so supposedly both brothers did what

what is founded rome

500

for about how many years did they go to war?

50 years

500

where would gladiators preform?

colosseum

500

what was a of stable government?

Pax Romana