CLA 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Old Italic Script, Sabines, Caelian Hill

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA 1102
• Professor: Richard Burgess

Document Summary

Part 1 history: rome is located 15 miles from the sea, within a cluster of hills (palatine, aventine, capitoline, quirinal, viminal, esquiline, Defensible because of the plains and high ground. Salt on the coast (so valuable that it was used as money early on. 9th & 8th century bc it was expanding quickly, coming together as a settlement. 750-725bc evidence for the first stone wall built around base of the palatine. Buildings are still built as huts at this time. ~700 rome is expanding its reach beyond the city itself. King of rome with romulus: next king after romulus is numa pompilius(2nd king) Sabine: next one is tullus hostilius(3rd)(latin) war king who expands roman territory, alternation of latin and sabine kings. Superbus" brother (tullia) she wants power, she convinces superbus to murder her husband and sister and father and marry her and he becomes king: tarquinius superbus(tyrant) becomes the 7th king of.