Cyber #23

5/8/20

Rome, Rome, Rome, Rome… Notes

Slides 1-8

Etruscans

·      Settled Rome

·      Came from north-central part of the peninsula

·      Metalworkers, artists, architects

Greeks

·      Also settled in Rome

·      Had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea

·      Romans borrowed ideas from the Greeks such as: 

o   religious beliefs

o   alphabet

o   much of their art

o   military techniques and weaponry

Latins

·      settled in Rome before everyone

·      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

·     commercial port, but not susceptible to attack

·     and built on seven hills (esp. Palatine)

Drained a swamp

·       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

Tarquin the Proud

·       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