Basic Roman History
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Transcript of Basic Roman History
Basic Roman History
From Alba Longa to Tarquinius Superbus
Imperium Romanum
The Problem With Records
390 BC
Rome is sacked
Records are burned
History before thisis reimagined afterthe fact – more legend/myth
This is how Romans want to be seen
Our Story Begins
1184 B.C.
C. 783 B.C.
Alba Longa
Numitor & Amulius
Rhea Silvia
Numitor’s daughter
Amulius’s decision
Mars’s interference
Has twin boys
Punished for
violating vow
Romulus & Remus
• Babies in Basket• Father Tiber• A wolf and a
woodpecker• Faustulus & Acca
Larentia
The boys grow up…
• Amulius’s Shepherds
• Remus Captured!
• Faustulus reveals the truth
• Numitor’s hunch about Remus
• Amulius’s death
• Restoring Numitor
Ab Urbe Condita
• Which hill?• Augury & Vultures• “Don’t jump over my wall!”
The Rape of The Sabine Women
• Problem with a bunch of dudes?
• Festival of treachery
• Women given civil and property rights; mothers of free men
The War with the Sabines
Titus Tatius
The Perfidy of Tarpeia
Romulus stopsthe rout
“Stop, in the name of love!”
The Senators & the ‘death’ of Romulus
• 100 Patres
• A whirling nimbus
• “Romulus is with the gods”• Quirinus
Our story so far…
Why did Aeneas flee Troy?
How many years were there between the founding of Alba Longa & the foundation of Rome?
Why did Romulus and Remus have to get their milk from a wolf?
Why is the Tarpeian Rock called the Tarpeian Rock?
Numa Pompilius
• Interregnum• Chosen to be king• Refusal & augury• Peace• Egeria• Religious Laws• The Fasti
• Jan/Feb
Tullus Hostilius (673-642 B.C.)
Ferocitas
Religion? Pfft!
Treachery and barbaric death of Mettius Fufetius
Bad omens
Death by lightning
Horatii v. Curiatii
2 sets of triplets – Romans & Albans
Early setbacks
Cunning of
surviving Horatius
Horatia’s mistake
Horatius’s
acquittal
Ancus Marcius
Not very important for us
Builds a lot!
1st bridge across Tiber
Rome’s 1st prison
Tarquinius Priscus
Lucumo & Tanaquil leave Tarquinii
An eagle and a cap
Lucumo becomes king for Ancus’s sons
Disinheritance of Ancus’ sons
Circus Maximus
Death by Ancus’s sons
Servius Tullius
Priscus’s son-in-law
The burning hair
Census, temples, coins, bigger city, new wall
Expansion of the vote
All-around great king
The Rise of Tarquinius Superbus
Tullia m. TarquiniusSo does her sister
Treacherous switcheroo
Public power grab
A daughter’s love…
Reduces the Senate
Capitoline temple