Homework LO-1

• Romans, like the Greeks, improved their empire and army. Punished slaves.
• Mediterranean-middle of the world 
• Middle of the Middle of the Middle- Italy 
• they tought the gods gave them the perfect location 
• they had the best climate to grow stuff and more room to grow stuff 
• Three people that settled on the Italian peninsula: Latin, Etruscan, and Greeks
• wanted to be more like the greeks 
• had a Monarchy 
• had a council of elders, to choose the king, name was the Senate 
• they helped the king with decisions 
• when the king died the elders choose the person to replace the king 
• Latin- Respublica- Republican 
• Patricians- upper class citizens  (BIG SHOTS)
• Plebeians- roman comon people in cluding workers, small farmers, and wealthy people that were not Patricians
• Republic comes after the Monarchy 
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