Chapter Three Rome.ppt

Chapter Three Rome Part One Early Rome and the Roman Republic, 800-146B.C.E. I. The Western Mediterranean to 509 B.C.E. 1. Rivalry and Changes civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Greek communities of the eastern Mediterranean were sophisticated western Europe and Africa knew only the scattered villages of farmers and pastoralists (牧人) around 1000 B.C.E., a new, distinctive iron-using civilization first appeared in northern Italy. they developed the art of making iron weapons, a decided advantage over the older inhabitants of the peninsula. In the 8th cen. B.C.E., Greeks establishe