WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Prior to the republic, Etruscan kings who lived nearby in central Italy ruled Rome. Once the last of these kings was overthrown in 509 B.C.E., Rome’s wealthiest citizens established a republican government by creating various assemblies of Roman citizens.

Detailed explanation-2: -The earliest Roman settlers called themselves Latins and probably migrated from Central Asia. The Latins were farmers and shepherds who wandered into Italy across the Alps around 1000 BCE. They settled on either side of the Tiber River in a region they called Latium.

Detailed explanation-3: -Before the glory of Rome, the Etruscans ruled much of what is now Italy. Some of Rome’s first kings were from Etruria, and Etruscans may have founded the city-state that would dominate much of the known world for centuries.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Roman Republic was a state that lasted from the overthrow of the last Roman king, Tarquin, in 509 BCE, to the establishment of the Roman Empire, in 27 BCE, when Octavian was given the name Augustus and made princeps.

Detailed explanation-5: -To the south they were drawn into Latium and Campania from the end of the 7th century bce, and in the following century they had a decisive impact on the history of Rome, where the Etruscan dynasty of the Tarquins is said to have ruled from 616 to 510/509 bce.