Thursday, December 6, 2012

The Roman republic and the empire

File:Etruscan civilization map.png

CapitalVelzna- (Orvieto)
LanguagesEtruscan language
ReligionEtruscan
Political structureConfederation
Luchume
- UnknownTyrrhenus
- UnknownTarchon
LegislatureEtruscan League
Historical eraAncient
- Villanovan768 BC
- Roman conquest of Volsinii264 BC


The Roman republic (Latin:  Res-publica Romanorum) was the period of the ancient Roman civilization when the government operated as a republic. It appeared from
753 to 509 B.C.. It was under the control of 7 kings and that two of the last three kings were Etruscans.
 
Republic: a form of government in which the leader is not monarch and certain citizens have the right to vote.

Etruscans : is the modern English name given to a civilization of ancient Italy in the area corresponding roughly to Tuscany, western Umbria, and northern Latium. The ancient Romans called its creators the Tusci or Etrusci.Their Roman name is the origin of the terms Tuscany, which refers to their heartland, and Etruria, which can refer to their wider region
 

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