cyber day #21
Settlers
Etruscans
- came from north-central part of the peninsula
- metalworkers, artists, architects
Greeks
- had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea
- Romans borrowed the ideas of: religious beliefs, the alphabet, art, military techniques, and weaponry
First Settlers
Latins
- are the descendants of Indo-Europeans
- settled on the banks of the Tiber
- situated so trading ships could navigate as far as Rome
- had a commercial port, but not susceptible to attack
- built on seven hills
Streams And Swamps
- many streams flowed into the Tiber
- marshy area called the Forum (between Palatine and Capitoline Hills)
- Tarquin the Proud’s grandfather built the Cloaca Maxima (largest ancient drain), it 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
- full name: Lucius Tarquinias Superbus
- was the seventh and final king of Rome
- known as Tarquin the Proud or Tarquin the Arrogant
- he is seen as a true tyrant, in the old and modern sense of the word
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