THE ROMAN MONARCHY

POTENTIAL ID'S:
LIVY, AENEAS, ROMULUS, LUCRETIA, HORATIUS, ETRUSCANS
GENERALIZATION:
Only a very little can be said with any certainty about the earliest period of Roman history.  Still, the little we do know is very important in helping us to understand subsequent history.

  I.  Introduction
  A.  Major periods of Roman history
  1.  Monarchy 753-509 B.C.
  2.  Republic 509-31 B.C.
  3.  Empire 31 B.C.-?
  4.  Divided Empire
      a.  West 395-476 A.D.
      b.  East 385-1453 A.D.
  B.  Importance of early Roman history

 II.  Ancient versions of early Roman history
  A.  Greeks
  B.  First Roman historians
  C.  Virgil/Livy

III.  Traditional account of Roman history
  A.  Aeneas
  B.  Romulus and Remus
  C.  Sabine women
  D.  Kings (Numa, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Martius, Tarquin)
  E.  Expulsion of Kings/Rape of Lucretia
  F.  Defeat of Lars Porsenna/Horatius at the bridge

  IV.  Reliability of traditional account
  A.  19th century views
  B.  Archaeological evidence/limitations

   V. Importance of traditional history as it stands
  A.  Roman values
  B.  Influence on sub. art/literature