Transcript Etruscans and the Romans

Etruscans and the
Romans
 Who is Lucius Tarquinius?,
 In 616 B.C., Lucius Tarquinius
became the first Etruscan
ruler of Rome, and his
dynasty ruled Rome for more
than 100 years
 What did the Etruscans
teach the Latin’s how to use?
 The Etruscans taught the
Latin's how to use the arch in
building bridges.
 The Etruscans also laid the foundations for Rome’s
first sewer system.
 The Etruscans drained the swamp at the foot of the
Palatine which became Rome’s Forum, or the public
square.
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What did the Romans borrow
from the Etruscans?
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The Romans borrowed the
Etruscan alphabet and some
Etruscan customs, including the
gladiatorial game
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What did the Romans do to
amuse themselves?
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The Romans amused themselves
by watching these games, which
were fights between armed
men, between men and animals,
between women and dwarfs,
and between animals.
 Another custom was the triumph, or the parade-like
welcome given to a Roman hero returning from
battle.
 In addition, the Romans
borrowed Etruscan symbols
of authority.
 What was one of the symbols
adopted by the Romans?
 One of these was the
fasces, or a bundle of rods
bound around an ax that
became the symbol of a
Roman ruler's power.
 The Etruscans built the first temple on the
Capitoline; today, it is the center of Rome’s
municipal, or city, government.
 The Romans founded their cities according to a
ritual borrowed from the Etruscans.
 Priests marked where the two
main streets would meet and
marked it with a stone
 What was important about
where the two streets met?
 The Romans believed the place
where the two streets met was
the mundus, or the meeting
point for the worlds of the
living and the dead.
 Etruscans played an important role in the
development of Roman civilization.