Ancient Rome first 8 slides

• The first settlers in Rome were the Etruscans 
• they came from the middle of the peninsula
• They were skilled craftsmen 
• Two foundation myths
• Romulus and Remus
• Virgil's Aeneid 
• The greeks also had several colonies around Rome
• the Romans borrowed many things from the greeks such as religion, art, weapons and military, and the alphabet
• but the first settlers in tome were the Latins
• they were descendants of the  Indo-Europeans who settled on the banks of the Tiber river  
• great position for trading, but well defended
• Built on seven hills
• Many streams flowed into the Tiber making the areas between the Capitoline and palatine hills very marshy
• Tarquin the proud's grandfather built the Calaca Maxima which was the greatest ancient drain 
• it channeled all of this swamp water into the Tiber
• Seventh and last king of Rome was Lucius Tarquin Superbus
• Aka Tarquin the proud
• true tyrant in the ancient and modern sense
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