English: Magazine 18 Early Romans Espanol: Revista 49 Los Primeros Romanos
Study Guide: Roman Empire -The Italian Peninsula is a boot-shaped area of land surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean Sea. -There are many volcanoes on the Italian Peninsula. Most are no longer active. When these volcanoes erupted in the past, they spread mineral- rich ash across the land. - The mild climate of the Mediterranean provides a long growing season, which makes the farmland even more productive. - In around 1000 BCE people who would eventually be known asLatins began migrating to the Italian Peninsula. They settled on and around the seven hills along the Tiber River, in the area that later became Rome. When the Latins arrived, the Etruscans were already living in central Italy. Later, the Greeks began to colonize southern Italy. - The early Latin settlers were farmers and herders. - A typical Latin village was made up of one-room huts and located on a hill. - The Latin people who would become known as Romans often encountered their Etruscan and Greek neighbors. - The Latin alphabet was borrowed from the Etruscans, who had borrowed and adapted it from the Greeks. - The Romans also adopted aspects of the Greek religion, giving the Greek gods Latin names. - The Etruscans helped to improve agricultural practices and probably introduced metalworking to the Latins. They introduced city planning to early Rome. Latin people also borrowed some religious and cultural practices from the Etruscans. - The earliest surviving Roman histories were written more than 500 years after the founding of Rome. -
“I Came, I Saw, I conquered" Julius Caesar
WEDNESDAY 4/19
OBJECTIVE FOR WEDNESDAY: Start Roman Empire
THURSDAY 4/20 & FRIDAY 4/21
THURSDAY and Friday Objectives: Thursday: Testing Friday: Testing