Etruscans
Origins of the Etruscans
Etruscans period in the Italy history began around the VIII century BC. There are three theories about the Etruscans origin:
The...
Short about Greek cities in Italy and Sicily
In the VIII century began Greek colonization, which ended in the VI century BC. After 480 BC and after the battle of Himera, in...
Short facts about Italic tribes
In the V century, vast majority of tribes on the Apennines peninsula were Italics, while Sabine tribes had a significance role in Roman history. Italic...
Geographical position of Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome lay on the left bank of the river Tiber (25 km from the mouth). In the era of empires, ancient Rome was...
Rome during period of kings
Legend about founding of Rome
Numitor – was one of Aeneas descendants, but his brother Amulis overthrew him and then he killed his son while...
Relations of Roman Republic towards neighbouring tribes (500 BC – 270...
The battle of Roman Republic against the Etruscans
Contrary to the tradition of Rome, after the expulsion of Tarquinians and Etruscans and with persistent struggle...
The democratization of the Roman Republic political order (IV – III...
The end of the struggle between the patricians and plebeians
The foreign policy of the V and III century was the first struggle for hegemony...
The establishment of the Roman Republic
The establishment of the Roman Republic according to tradition happened in 509 BC. On the head of the Republic were two electoral Consuls, which...
First Punic war (264-241 BC)
The social order of Carthage
After the conquest of Italy and victory over Pyrrhus, Roman Republic turned into one of the strongest countries in the...
Second Punic War (218-201 BC)
Hamilcar and his successors in Spain
Shortly after quelling an uprising in Carthage, Hamilcar transferred its activities to Spain; counting that by exploiting the resources...
Briefly about the conflict between Hannibal and Romans
Carthage was founded in 814 B.C. and is was one of the leading trading routes in the Mediterranean region and a dominant military force...
Third Punic War (149–146 BC)
In political terms after the end of Second Punic War, Carthage turned into a second-class country, but economically it was very difficult to overcome...
