West civ

Etruscans- set up their cities into a grid section. Rome were master road builders, before Romans made these roads it was just dirt beaten down. Made brick roads, they made it for the soldiers so they have a easier pathway to the opponent.  Had people fight each other till the death for entertainment for the people. Distracted people form the down times in their life. Arch helped them to get water into the town.  Colosseum in Rome was used for animals to fight against humans sometimes with armor sometimes not. Flooded the main field of play so they could re act the wars they had on water. Plebians were the lowest and had no power grew food, ran shops, Patricians= bank, hot stuff, lots of money and babes. The senate were Patricians, the wealthy ones, there were 300 senators. 12 tables were basically the first laws written down. It evens the playing field because now they have something to stand by. Plebians found out they had rights and more say than they ever did, Assembly was the Senate for Plebians. If you were elected to the assembly your were called a tribune. Eventually they could veto laws. Democracy regular people assembly. Monarchy were the 2 consuls they had 2 so they could keep an eye on each other. Aristocracy was the senate. If things got really bad like war or crisis they would give 1 person all power called dictator. Only dictator for 6 months just to get you through the crisis. Consusls only had power for a year and they could run again 10 years later.  

The main people in the Punic wars was the Romans and the Carthage. The romans won everytime and took over the Western Mediterrian