Interpretation of texts
The sources provide information about the alps surrounding Rome. (The seven hills). And where they are placed and when the tribes settled on the hills. Which was around 700 B.C. And what they provided for the citizens of early Rome. Also information about the Tiber river and what it was. Also what it looked like and what it was associated with. What the alps and the Tiber river looked like. Also why they got their name and what their name meant.
The sources provide information about the alps surrounding Rome. (The seven hills). And where they are placed and when the tribes settled on the hills. Which was around 700 B.C. And what they provided for the citizens of early Rome. Also information about the Tiber river and what it was. Also what it looked like and what it was associated with. What the alps and the Tiber river looked like. Also why they got their name and what their name meant.
Source 1
The ancient city was made of seven hills on which various local tribes settled during the reign of the Etruscan's prior to 700 B.C. They were called the alps. The hills provided steady ground for residence as well as a certain degree of protection from invasion from below. The city and culture began with the integration of various peoples living atop each of the hills when they began building permanent residences and common civic spaces around 500 B.C.
The city itself was situated on the Tiber River, about 20 miles from the coast, and the Italian Peninsula provided a relatively central position in the Mediterranean world. One of the biggest factors leading to Rome’s development is the shape of the Tiber River, which flows through the centre of the city. The river makes a horseshoe-shaped bend, where there is a small island. Around 900 B.C., prior to the Roman Kingdom, this part of the Tiber was one of very few places where travellers, traders and herders of livestock could ford the river.
The ancient city was made of seven hills on which various local tribes settled during the reign of the Etruscan's prior to 700 B.C. They were called the alps. The hills provided steady ground for residence as well as a certain degree of protection from invasion from below. The city and culture began with the integration of various peoples living atop each of the hills when they began building permanent residences and common civic spaces around 500 B.C.
The city itself was situated on the Tiber River, about 20 miles from the coast, and the Italian Peninsula provided a relatively central position in the Mediterranean world. One of the biggest factors leading to Rome’s development is the shape of the Tiber River, which flows through the centre of the city. The river makes a horseshoe-shaped bend, where there is a small island. Around 900 B.C., prior to the Roman Kingdom, this part of the Tiber was one of very few places where travellers, traders and herders of livestock could ford the river.
The Alps provided protection for the development of ancient Rome as it progressed into a big civilisation. One of the great mountain ranges of the Roman Empire, stretching from the Danube River in the east to the Saonne River in the West and the Rhine River in the North. was the name given in ancient as well as modern times to the great chain of mountains. Rome describes the Alps as forming a great curve like a bow, the concave side of which was turned towards the plains of Italy; the apex of the curve being the territory of the Salassi, while both extremities make a bend round, the one to the Ligurian shore near Genoa, the other to the head of the Adriatic.
The Tiber river had a positive as well as negative impact on the development of Rome. Compared to transport by road, it provided an inexpensive and efficient way of moving goods shipped to the city from around the Mediterranean. The fact that the Tiber is navigable as far as the city meant that Rome could be built far enough from the coast as to be practically immune to naval attack or invasion.
The Tiber river had a positive as well as negative impact on the development of Rome. Compared to transport by road, it provided an inexpensive and efficient way of moving goods shipped to the city from around the Mediterranean. The fact that the Tiber is navigable as far as the city meant that Rome could be built far enough from the coast as to be practically immune to naval attack or invasion.
Commentary
Both sources are a secondary source as the writer did not experience first-hand evidence. None of the sources are from a person that was around in that era. Although source two did not have any year of publication or author, they are reliable sources as they provide pictures and information from other sources like the history alive text book. But you never know if the information shown is true, as people can make a website whenever they want and can add their own information that is not entirely true.
Both sources are a secondary source as the writer did not experience first-hand evidence. None of the sources are from a person that was around in that era. Although source two did not have any year of publication or author, they are reliable sources as they provide pictures and information from other sources like the history alive text book. But you never know if the information shown is true, as people can make a website whenever they want and can add their own information that is not entirely true.
Tiber River
Figure 1
Figure 1
Alps
Figure 2
Figure 2