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Cambridge Stage 29: Origins of Rome, Forum, Judea
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| 753 BCE | Romulus founded Rome |
| Latīnī, -ōrum (m, pl) | Early inhabitants of Latium (8th Century) |
| Palatine Hill | First settlements, well fortified by nature |
| Etruria and the Etruscans | North of Rome, Ruling power of Latium under the 7 Kings (753-509 BCE) |
| Magna Graecia | Greater Greece, that part of Southern Italy colonized by Greeks |
| Seven Hills | Palatine, Capitoline, Aventine, Caelian, Esquiline, Quirinal, Viminal |
| Cloāca Maxima | Great Sewer, which helped drain marsh to create Forum |
| Tarquinius Superbus | Tarquin the Proud, Last king of Rome (509 BCE) |
| Consuls | 2 Elected every year, as balance of power and to protect against a return to monarchy |
| Forum Rōmānum | Roman Forum, city center |
| mīliārium aureum | Golden milestone, Augustus place it to mark the starting point of Roman system of roads |
| Fora of Juius Caesar and Augustus Caesar | Added in 1st Century BCE |
| Basilica Iūlia et Basilica Aemilia | Law courts on either side of Forum Romanum |
| Cūria | Senate House |
| Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximimus | Center of Roman state religion, on Capitoline Hill |
| Rostra, -ōrum (n, pl) | Speaking platform |
| Via Sacra | Main road in forum |
| Carcer, carceris (m) | prison |
| 65 BCE | Jerusalem taken by Pompey the Great; local rulers |
| 66 CE | Riots in Jerusalem under Nero's reign |
| 70 CE | Jerusalem taken and temple destroyed by Titus |
| Masada, 70-73 CE | Build for King Herod, Masada's fortress offered safety to Jews under Eleazar ben Ya'ir |
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