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Ancient Rome Early Western Civilization Chapter 3

1. The city of rome was founded by twin brothers Romulus and Remus in 753 B.C.E 2. In the later years of the republic the plebians became more powerful. They created a new assembly(council of plebs) in 471. New leaders called Tritunes protected the plebians. a new law allowed intermarriage. 3.The Carthaginians, under Hannibal were not successful in maintaining control over Roman cities. Rome invade Carthage and beat Hannibal and his men. A piece treaty was signed in 201 B.C.E Carthage lost Spain. 50m years later Rome went to war again and this time rome destroyed the carthage in 146 B.C.E and claimed it as a Roman province called Africa. 4.In 47 B.C.E. he seized power in rome and was made dictator. a short time later, in 44 B.C.E. he was given the title dictator for life. He made land reforms and gave land to the poor. He increased the senate to 900 members and then packed it with supporters of his reforms. 5.The family included all household members who lived together. Father of the family ruled the household. Woman had considerable power in their own families and many ran businesses and managed estates. Ancester worship was extremely important to the family.