Monarchy - A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life.
Democracy - a form of government in which the people have the authority to choose their governing leaders
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Democracy
Direct Democracy - A direct democracy is one in which every citizen votes on all important decisions. One of the first direct democracies was in Athens, Greece
Representative Democracy or democratic republic - is where the people elect representatives to run the government.
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Rome - Geography
Rome is located on the peninsula of Italy. The Mediterranean Sea provides transportation and food.
Italy provides fertile plains and river valleys for food and easy communication.
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Peninsula – midway point of the Mediterranean
Rome is located halfway between the Alps & Italy’s southern tip
Tiber River – woven into the legend of Romulus and Remus
Fewer mountains & less rugged than Greece
Fertile land
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Group
Where They Settled
Etruscans
Native to northern Italy
Greeks
Colonized southern Italy and Sicily
Latins
Built the original settlement at Rome
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The Etruscans
Rome was founded around 900 BC, and it grew slowly as the Romans fought their neighbors for land.
Around 600 BC, the Etruscans took power in Rome.
For more than 200 years, kings ruled Rome.
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Romans Form a Republic
In 509 BCE, the Romans overthrew the Etruscan king for domination of the peninsula
Rome vowed never to be ruled by a monarch again
Rome establishing a new form of government… a Roman Republic
Republic – citizens who have the right to vote select their leaders.
The Roman Senate was an assembly of elected representatives.