Etruscans
- came from the north-central part of the peninsula
- metal workers, artists, architects
- two foundation myths: Vigil's Aeneid (Where Aeneas escapes from Troy), plus the story of Remus and Romulus
- What we know about them mainly comes from their paintings
Who else settled Rome?
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
But who first settled there?
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
-A commercial part, but not susceptible…
They drained a swamp
-Many streams flowed into the Tiber
-There was a marshy area called the Forum, between Palentine
and Capitoline Hill
-Tarquin the Proud’s grandfather built the Cloaca Maxima
(largest ancient drain), which channeled water into the Tiber
Tarquin
-Lucius Tarquinias Superbus
-The seventh and final king of Rome
-Known as Tarquin the Proud (sometimes referred to as
Tarquin the arrogant)
-A true tyrant, in the old and modern sense of the word
-The people’s shock at the horrible behavior of Tarquin’s
son and this horrible family made them never want to be subject to the rule of
kings ever again – this was an attitude that lasted for centuries
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