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1、RomanCultureRomanhistoryShe-wolf?EarliestRomanhistoryispartlegend,onaccountofincompletewrittenrecords.?ModestbeginninginRomanlegend.Romulus&Remus,ReputedlydescendantsofAeneas,chosetheplacewheretheshe-wolfhadnursedthemTheCityofRome----Thecityonsevenhills/theEternalCity?Life
2、inancientRomerevolvedaroundthecityofRome,locatedonsevenhills.?Thecityalsohadseveraltheatersandgymnasiums,andmanytaverns,baths?residentialarchitecturerangedfromverymodesthousestocountryvillas?Imperialresidences:ontheelegantPalatineHill(theword“palace”isderived).?Thepoor:int
3、hecitycenter,packedintoapartments(almostlikemodernghettos).Time-lineyear753BC--:SevenKingsofRomeyear509BC--:RomanRepublicyear27BC--:RomanEmpireSevenkingsThelastkingwascalledTarquintheProud,cruelandexpelledbeforearepublic.In509BC,therewasarevolution.ThisincidentofLucretiasp
4、arkedarevolution.TheresultwasTarquinwasexiledfromRome.RomanRepublic?509BC–Octaviandictatorshipin27BC.Atfirst,Twoconsuls(archon)andasenateruledthecityRome.Clashesbetweenaristocracyandcommonpeoplefocusedonpoliticalrightsandlandanddebts.Forpoliticalrights,commonpeopleunitedin
5、awithdrawalmovement,whichresultedintherighttobeappointedasconsul.Astolandanddebts,thesystemofslaverywasabolishedbyallowingpeopleindebttorepaywithproperty.Theresultsoftheclashwere:Relieveclassdistinction;Expandsocialfoundations;Secureinterestofcommonpeople;Increasecommonpeo
6、ple’spower.?RomanLegions:ThemajorunitoftheRomanarmyconsistingof3,000to6,000infantrytroopsand100to200cavalrytroops.TheRomanRepubliclastedformorethan700yearsfrom509BCuntilaroundthetimeoftheassassination(暗殺)ofJuliusCaesar.ThisperiodwasmarkedbyanumberofRomanconquestsextendingo
7、verseveralcenturies.TheburningofCorinthin146B.C.markedRomanconquestofGreece.?Thepowerwasdividedamongstahierarchyofelectedfunctionaries（官員）-theSenate（元老院）theConsuls（兩名執(zhí)政官）theAssemblies（議會(huì)）?DuringthetimeofRomanRepublic,Romancitizenswereallowedtovote.Theseincludedpatriciansan
8、dplebeians.Women,slavesandchildrenwerenotallowedtovote.Patrician(貴族)—legalentities；Plebei
