Notes from LO1 (Roman Republic) That Mr. Schick Said to Know

• Romans imitated Greek civilization and improved on it (improved: government and warfare)
• Mediterranean land with farming resources that were similar to those of Greece or Palestine but able to support a larger population and army.
• Latins were the first to show up and settled at the mouth of the Tiber River. 
• Latins, Etruscans, and Greeks settled on present day Italy
• Romans got their way of writing (& lots of other knowledge) from the Greeks 
• Senate comes from the Latin word, senxes, meaning old man
• If a king died, the Senate chose who became the next king
• Tarquin the Proud (ruled like tyrant)- last King of Rome before it was overthrown 
• After Tarquin, Romans didn't want any single person to have to much power
• There are 2 consuls among the 300 senators who had more power than that rest (ran the meetings)
• There were 2 consuls because they could veto each others ideas 
• The consuls could only serve for one year and would have to wait ten years to serve again