Rome

Etruscans

  • came from north-central part of the peninsula
  • metalworkers, artists, architects
    two foundation myths: 
    - Virgil’s Aeneid (where Aeneas escapes from Troy - sound familiar?)
    - the story of Remus and Romulus

    Greeks
    • they had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea
    • Romans borrowed ideas from them, such as:
      • religious beliefs
      • alphabet
      • much of their art
      • military techniques and weaponry

        the Latins!
        • descendants of Indo-Europeans
        • settled on the banks of the Tiber
        • situated so trading ships - but not war fleets - could navigate as far as Rome, but no further
        • a commercial port, but not susceptible to attack
        • and... built on seven hills (esp. Palatine)

          • many streams flowed into the Tiber
          • there was a marshy area called the Forum,  between Palatine and Capitoline Hills
          • Tarquin the Proud’s grandfather built the Cloaca Maxima (largest ancient drain), which channeled water into the Tiber
          • urban legend says Washington DC was built on a swamp - but only about 2% was actually swampland - however, Constitution Avenue is located on what used to be called Tiber Creek

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