HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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village that eventually became Rome
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city that became Italy’s center of trade
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church that established the main religion
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castle to establish an absolute monarchy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Perhaps around 700 B.C.E., a Latin tribe built the village that eventually became Rome. They built their village on the Palatine, a hill in central Italy. The Palatine overlooks the Tiber River, at a location about a dozen miles inland from the sea.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rome the capital city of the Roman civilization, founded about 700 B.C.E. Over the years, historians have tried to discover the truth about the founding of Rome. No one really knows who the first king of Rome was. We do know that the first people to live in the area that became Rome were the Latins.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rome began as a small farming village, but it would grow into a large ancient city that is still active today. There is a legend about the founding of Rome that goes back to the Trojan War.
Detailed explanation-4: -According to the ancient Roman tradition, shortly after the founding of Rome, Romulus created the first three tribes: the Ramnes, Tities, and Luceres.
Detailed explanation-5: -By the beginning of the seventh century B.C., the Etruscans occupied the central region of Italy between the Arno and Tiber rivers, and eventually settled as far north as the Po River valley and as far south as Campania.
Detailed explanation-6: -Archaeological evidence has confirmed that the city of Rome began as a collection of Stone Age huts on what was later named the Palatine Hill.