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 The Western World and Rome 269 to do with this? What early movement can we discern in north Italy? What happened in the Po valley? What westerners appeared as mercenaries in thirteenth-century Egypt (Fig. ie6)? Give an account of the Etruscans. What civilization did they ab- sorb? Whence came the Indo-European tribes of Italy? Did they possess a common language like the Greeks or were their tribes unable to understand each other? Section 41. Give an account of the Latins and their plain of Latium. Describe the probable causes and course of the foundation of Rome. Who were its foreign kings ? What happened to them ? What foreign traffic went on at the Roman docks? What Greek matters passed into Roman life here? Discuss Roman religion. Mention the Greek influences noticeable in Roman religion. What Etruscan practice was found in Roman religion ? What was the prevailing character of Roman religion ? What kind of a state emerged when the Romans had expelled the kings ? How does it compare with the Greek states? How does it contrast with the oriental states ? What do we mean when we call Rome an aristo- cratic republic? Who were the consuls? the tribunes? What was the Senate ? the Assembly ? Section 42. Describe the Latin League and its origin. What was the Roman policy as to expansion ? Outline the course of Roman absorption of Italy. Describe the growth of the city. Discuss its commercial expansion. What troublesome competitor did the Roman merchant find in the south ? What position in this competition was occupied by the Greek cities of Sicily and southern Italy? Sketch the story of early Car- thage. What racial situation did Rome and Carthage illustrate ? Section 43. Sketch the Sicilian war with Carthage. What was the result? Sketch the war with Hannibal. Who should have en- deavored to interfere at this point? What was the result of this war? Where did these campaigns place Rome? What finally happened to Carthage? Section 44. Describe the introduction of Greek literature into Rome. What schoolbook did the Roman boy now gain? What lit- erature did his parents receive? What civilization underlay Roman progress ? Give some examples. Describe the advance of Rome into Macedonia and Asia. Describe the decline of the independent farm- ers of Italy. What part had slavery in the situation ? How did men of wealth influence the situation ?