MY WESTERN CIV NOTE
Etruscans
came from north-central part of the
peninsula
metalworkers, artists, architects
Romans borrowed ideas from them, such as:
religious beliefs
alphabet
much of their art
fifth century BCE - patrician dominance
of the government was challenged by the plebs (“people”)
plebs were 98% of the population
how did the patricians dominate?
plebs had to serve in the army,
but could not hold office
plebs were threatened with debt slavery
plebs had no legal rights
The Punic Wars (264 - 146 BCE)
Rome vs. Carthage
three wars
First Punic War
(264 - 241 BCE)
naval battles for control of the
strategically located island of Sicily
Rome wins this one
Carthage was burned for 17 days; the
city’s walls and buildings were utterly destroyed
when the war ended, the last 50,000
people in the city were sold into slavery
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