Rome

Augustus Caesar- managed to turn military rule into a workable system of government

9th century- etruscans move into Italy

8th century- 1st Greek colonies in southern Italy  settlement near the mouth of the Tiber River join to form the city state of Rome

7th century-  etruscans conquer Labium

500 BC- Rome overthrows Etruscan rule

450 BC -12 Tables, First written Roman Legal code

264-146 BC -Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage

250 BC - All of Italy south of the river PO is in roman hands; plebeians share political rights with patricians

202 BC- Rome wins control of western Mediterranean

1st century-  Most non-Romans in Italy win citizen rights; Romans expand into the eastern Mediterranean and then into western Europe

44 BC- Julius Caesar becomes dictator for life; members of the Senate assassinate him

31 BC Octavian's forces defeat Antony and Cleopatra; Octavian becomes supreme ruler of Rome

Paterfamilias- The "family father" in ancient Rome , who had unlisted power over his household

Matron- was given of a title of honor given t a married woman on ancient Rome