Review day

• 3 people who settled in Rome Etruscans, Latin Greeks ( Latins came first)
• latin settled on Tiber river on the Palatine hill
• Lucius Tarquinius Superbus was the seventh and final king
• Lucretia- horrible family and their terrible behavior made them never subject to the rule of kings ever again
• strengths- having a democracy, aristocracy, monarchy, but no tyranny
• res publica- the people's affair ( English work republic)
• Rome and the US both have executive, legislative, and judicial, as well as both, have a legal code
•   Executive:
• Rome had two consuls that served 1-year terms
• Us has a president and a vice president that serve 4-year terms
• Legislative: Rome had 300 senates, the US had 100 ( 2 for each state)
• Representatives (435) 55 from Cali, 8 in MD
• The US had a supreme court with nine members and a lifetime term
• Bill of Rights- first ten amendments to the constitution
• 5000 soldiers- legion
• 80 soldiers- a century 
• the first Punic war was a naval battle over Sicily (23 years) Rome won
• the second Punic war was when Hannibal attacked Rome from the north and lost 
• Third Punic war Rome destroys and burns all of Carthage and enslaved 50,000 people
• Latifundia were big farms that became massive estates
• the poet Juvenal said Rome anxiously hopes for two things: bread and circuses
• julius caesar is a highly successful general who conquered the huge territory of Gailie
• Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar were the first triumvirate
• crossing the Rubicon, no return
• Caesar was a consul and appoints himself governor of Gaul
• Adopted son Octavian takes over ceasars power