Early Rome

Livy

historian- backbone of roman history, 146 chapters

Ab Urbe Condita

the book that Livy writes, concerning the founding of Rome

Alba Longa

the long white, first chapter

Proca

king od alba longa, one of the ppl that founded Rome

Numitor

successful king, bro of amulius, king of alba longa

Amulius

flu wants to be king, simba disease, kills numitor son

Rhea Silvia

cant have kids, gets with the God Mars to have twin sons

Romulus

he killed his bro remus, plots to overthrow king with bro

Remus

his bro killed him, Romulus,

Rex

means king, there were 2 kings so one could like overule the other

Sabines

roman neighbors, invite them over for a feast, romans like take all the women and marry them

Vis

force and power, that is how the romans get what they want, fighting and such

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

Legendary kings final guy

Sextus Tarquinius

Son of Lucias(King) rapes Lucretia, attacks her virtue and threatens to kill her and her male slave if she doesn’t have sex with him

Collatinus

married to Lucretia, 1st consuls

Lucretia

married to collatinus, he boats his virtue is more than his wife and when they come she is “spinning yarn”, kills herself after his rapped

Lucius Junius Brutus

teams ups with collates to kill sextus, Ober throws system of his, 1 and 2nd consuls,

probitas

transparency, nobility, virtueless, respectability, purity,, brutes embodies this

res publica

the public affair

Lars Porsena

Etruscan King, allies w. suburbs) war w/ Roma

publics Horatius Coles

defended this giant bridge against the Lars Porsena and the entire Etruscan army

Mucius Scaevola

sneaks into enemy camp to kill porsena, dresses like lars porsena, kills wrong guy and captor says I am a roman citizen, hand is on fire and pays no attention to pain

cincinnatus

model roman of virtue, didn't want the poor to have rights, farmer— civid duties — farming, could have more power