5/5/11

• 1st paragraph
  • The Etruscans had a written language which Romans took most of their letters from
  • Tarquin was their king and he was the last king they had.  People started to hate him
• 2nd Paragraph
  • many different forms of government put together
  • Carthage was in Africa
• 3rd paragraph 
  • latifundia- a huge estate of villa (taken away from farmers after the war)
  • Gracchus brothers-Tiberius and Gauis
    • plebeians  nobles
    • attempted to pass a lands reform that would redistribute huge pieces of patrician land among the plebeians
    • assassinated for their attempts
• 4th paragraph
  • he was appointed dictator for ten years 
  • Julius Caeser got money from Crassus
  • He entered a political with Crassus and Pompey (rich people) which was to dominate Roman politics for several years
  • he made a decision to cross a river into Gaul (the leader of Gaul said if they crossed it then that would be considered an act of war)
  • killed Caesar hoping to restore the government of republic
• 6th paragraph
  • Cleopatra
    • said she was a rencarnation of a goddess
  • Octavian Antony and Lepidus formed an official three-man govermnet called the second triumvirate
  • Cleopatra tried to take over Octavius power
  • Antony fell in love with Cleopatra