CLST 201 Lecture 1: CLST 201 W1L1
23 Feb 2016
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Mare nostrium our sea what the romans called the mediterranean as they controlled the whole thing. 1: roma (rome) tiber river (main water source begins in central italy and flows into sea); the 7. Hills, of which the most famous are the palatine (collis palatinus first hill settled, oldest inhabited), Quirinal (collis quirinalis 2nd largest, different ethnicity then the palatine) and the capitoline (collis capitolus between the two, where seat of government is). The forum is in the centre of all 3. Regions, cities and peoples of ancient italy: latium (lazio) the latins (latini) valley (spoke different language then neighbours, lavinium (first latin city), alba longa (colony of lavinium, became metropolis, main city of. Latium), praeneste, rome (roma) (founded by someone born in alba longa): umbria sabines, umbrians (east and north of rome, etruria (toscana, tuscany) caere (cerveteri), tarquinii, veii (closest to rome, on other side of.
