- It was placed in the center of Italy in on a river. It was a good location which gave them the chance to control all of Italy. It put them in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea.
- In 600 B.C a Etruscan king ruled over his people and Rome. By this time, Rome had grown to be a wealthy and large city. The Romans resented the Etruscan rule. In 509 B.C, they finally over threw the king and declared that Rome would be a Republic.
- The nobles and the common people.
- They said that all free citizens were protected by law. They were posted in a public place for all to see.
- During the next century the Romans capitalized on their advantageous geographical position and rebuilt Rome.
Gauls- France
THE PUNIC WARS (basically was for the control of Sicily)
- Carthage was on the North coast of Africa
- Rome vs Carthage
- Carthage was founded in 700 B.C. by Phoenician colonists
- Carthage had become an oligarchic and empire building republic like Rome.
- But ultimately what was at stake was control of the Mediterranean sea
- the punic wars were waged on land and sea in three vicious rounds between 264 and 146 B.C
- in 146 B.C. Carthage was finally captured
- To be leveled its people sold into slavery
- in 202 B.C. Rome had won control of western Mediterranean
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