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has poor mineral resources and very few useful harbors, however it is wealty in both
fertile land and precipitation. Three - quarters of the peninsula is covered in foothills
and mountains. The alps, a mountian range to the north of Italy, cut off the peninsulas
only land connection, which resulted, in the times of Ancient Rome, in the people
The Etruscans were mysterious people who settled on the Italian Peninsula
somewhere between 900 and 800 BC. No one is really certain about their origin,
however archaeologists suspect that they came from the eastern Medditerannean. The
Etruscans ruled in north-eastern Italy, between the Appentine mountian range and the
Tyrrhenian Sea. Their civilization streched from the Arno River in the north to the Tiber
River which is more towards the center of the Italian Peninsula. Te Tiber River is where
the Roman Empire would sit years later.
The Etruscans lived in independent city-states. In the earliest times, these
city-states were ruled by a monarchy, but were later ruled by oligarchies that governed
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lived more comfortably in large homes and farms. This gave Rome complete rule over the
Medditerraniean.
Augustus and later emperors kept the professional army.
THe Roman general Constantine did much to spread CHristainity among the
Romans. In 46 BC, Caesar returned to Rome and had
the SEnate appoint him dicator for ten years. In 216 BC,
Hannibal almost defeated the Romans in battle.
Those practicing the new Christain religion in Judea were allowed to worship as
they wished, but were treated badly by the Roman EMpire. When he had finished his conquests,
however, the Triumvirate had dissolved. In 48 BC, Caesar won the
war and Pompey was out of the picture. Some early kings of Rome were Priscus, Tullius, and
Superbus. the bishop of Rome began to think
he was more powerful than the other bishops. It also is the root for half of all ENglish words. The Etruscans were largely agricultural people,
however they also had a strong miliatary,which they used to dominate te surrounding
societies. In a nutshell, society became less stable.
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