Located 15 miles up the Tiber River in Italy.Primary source of water

Protected from pirate attacks.

How did Rome begin?• The legend of Remus and Romulus. • Twin brothers who were taken from their mother and left to be

carried away by the river. • Found and raised by a wolf• A shepherd killed the wolf and took in the boys. • Later the brothers decided to build a city on the Tiber and argued

over who would be ruler. • They climbed to the top of two mountains to wait for a sign from

the Gods. • Vultures flew over the mountain top that Romulus stood on he took

that as the sign, the brothers began to fight and Remus was killed. • Romulus became the first King of the city (named Rome after

himself.)

The Aeneid by Virgil

• Trojan hero Aneneas and a band of followers fled after the Greeks won the Trojan war. They followed the Mediterranean to the Tiber River.

• After great warfare, he married the local King’s daughter which united the Trojans and the Latin’s occupying Palatine. Making him the “Father of the Romans”

Palatine and the Early Romans

• Settled by the Latin people(Romans) • Pleasant climate and fertile soil. • Forests=timber. • Built gravel roads to bring salt and other

coastal items to the village. • Most were farmers living in wood huts. • Grew Wheat and barley.

Etruscans

• People of the Sea. • Asia Minor • Settled a village North of Palatine• Borrowed their alphabet from the

Greeks. • Spoke a language unknown to any other

civilization.

• Dug tunnels and built dams to drain marshy fields. • Built their cities on the top of hills

and surrounded them with thick walls. • Italy’s first highly civilized people. • As pirates=most feared and envied • As traders=admired and respected.

Farmers

• Used Iron tools. • Grew: Barley, millet, wheat and

grapes. • Raised: Pigs, goats, sheep, ducks,

chickens, and Cattle. • Cattle were used for food and to

pull wagons & plows.

Trade.

• Metalworkers & Sculptors: Weapons, utensils and jewelry

Exchanged for luxury items: Gold (Syria), silver(Greece),and

ivory. Miners: dug copper, lead, iron and tin.

Etruscan Army • Learned from the Greek Army. • Had a weapon that other civilizations

didn’t…..their Shoes • By 600 BC they dominated all of

Northern Italy including Palatine.

Questions

• What are some things the Etruscans borrowed from the Greeks?

• How were the Etruscan cities different from early Greek cities?