Wednesday, April 10, 2013

4-10-13

LO-1

Romans liked to do things the way the ancient Greeks did things
they improved it

Mediterranean = middle of the earth

Rome- middle of Italy- middle of Mediterranean



Latins - first to be in Italy- learned alphabet from Greeks which is our alphabet today
Etruscan - second to be in Italy
Greeks - third to be in Italy

council of elders- the senate (comes from a Latin word that means old man)

republic- res publica (latin) means the peoples business




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