--- title: Rome: from a town on seven hills to a republic — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Rome: from a town on seven hills to a republic», a lesson of the history course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Romans told a legend that their city was founded in 753 BC by twin brothers, Romulus and Remus, who as babies were saved an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/) / Rome: from a town on seven hills to a… # Rome: from a town on seven hills to a republic Lesson 13 of the history course of Mova's primary school: 19 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/0/) — Romans told a legend that their city was founded in 753 BC by twin brothers, Romulus and Remus, who as babies were saved and fed by a she-wolf. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/1/) — Archaeology tells a plainer story: villages on seven hills by the river Tiber grew together into a town. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/2/) — Rome first had kings. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/3/) — In about 509 BC the Romans threw out the last, cruel king and swore never to have one again. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/4/) — Instead they made a republic, where citizens elected leaders for one year at a time. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/5/) — Imagine having two class captains who must agree on everything: neither can boss everyone around. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/6/) — Rome had two consuls at the top for that very reason, and a Senate of experienced men to advise them. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/7/) — Rome fought Hannibal of Carthage, who crossed the Alps with elephants, and won. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/8/) — Then the general Julius Caesar grew so powerful that senators killed him, and his adopted son Augustus became the first emperor. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/9/) — Legend says Rome was founded in 753 BC by the twins Romulus and Remus, who were fed by a she-wolf, but archaeology shows Rome grew from small villages on hills by the river Tiber. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/10/) — Rome grew on seven hills beside the river Tiber, at a place where people could cross the river, good for trade and defence. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/11/) — Rome was first ruled by kings; in about 509 BC the Romans threw out the last king and swore never to have a king again. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/12/) — In the Roman Republic citizens elected leaders for one year at a time, and two consuls shared the top job so neither could become too powerful. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/13/) — The Senate was a council of experienced, mostly rich men who advised the leaders and controlled money and foreign affairs; the USA and other countries still have a Senate. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/14/) — Rich old families were patricians and ordinary citizens were plebeians; the plebeians went on strike by leaving the city until they won more rights. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/15/) — The Romans wrote their laws on twelve tablets displayed in the forum, and many countries' laws today are based on Roman law. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/16/) — Hannibal of Carthage, in North Africa, marched an army with war elephants over the Alps into Italy and beat the Romans many times, but Rome did not give up and in the end defeated Carthage. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/17/) — Julius Caesar, a brilliant general, conquered Gaul, today's France, took power in Rome, and was killed by senators in 44 BC who feared he wanted to be king. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/19/) — After Caesar's death his adopted son Octavian won the civil wars and became Augustus, the first emperor, in 27 BC; he said the Republic still went on, but real power was now his, and the month August is named after him. - ← previous: [Ancient Greece: democracy, the Olympics, myths and thinkers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/12-ancient-greece-democracy-olympics-myths-and-thinkers/) - next →: [Rome: the empire, the legions and the roads](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/14-rome-the-empire-the-legions-and-the-roads/) - ↑ back to [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/)