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Rise of Rome

History 102 with WhatifAltHist's Rudyard Lynch and Austin Padgett

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Rome's Social Structure and Political Evolution

The Etruscans were advanced and dominated Rome, with the city being part of a squabbling Confederacy with various tribes like the Celts in the north, Samnites beneath Rome, and Greeks in the south. Rome rebelled against Etruscan monarchy, establishing an aristocratic monarchy with a venerated constitution and voting based on social class. The Roman society was clan-dominated, with clans like Scippy Eye and Julie Eye shaping Rome's history. Rome had social mobility but was based on strong family units as the basic economic and social structures.

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