Transcript Etruscans and Romans

The Kingdom Period
of Rome
Rome’s Beginnings, and the Etruscans
Sections One, Two, and Three
Learning Goal for Rome’s Beginnings
 The students will explain how Rome was founded.
Romulus and Remus
Etruscan Learning Goals
The students will understand that there was a group of
people already living in the area when Rome began.
The students will review the influences the Greeks had on Rome.
The students will know what daily life was like for the
Etruscans.
The students will identify the religious beliefs held by the
Etruscans.
The students will understand why Rome vowed to
NEVER have a king again.
The students will learn what influences the Etruscans
gave to the Roman Civilization.
Greek Influences
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Coinage – Used for trading. Greeks used gods, myths, sporting events, while
Romans used important people.
Monumental Buildings – Huge marble structures meant to inspire people
with awe.
Mythology – Beginning with the Olympian gods, these were spiritually
instructive stories.
Philosophy – Love of wisdom, mostly of the natural world around them.
Pottery – Known for its beauty and utility
Science – Study of stars, music, and math.
Theater – Began as an honor to the gods, became festivals of song and
dance.
Writing – Inscriptions, laws, treaties on stone or metal plaques. Poetry,
philosophical writings, and educational texts on papyrus.
Etruscans
We know most of what we know from their tombs.
Burial Mounds
Dead
Burial Mounds over time
Necropolis
City
Tombs of Gold
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Image Analysis
Cemetery
(City of the Dead)
9/20/2013 Etruscan Excavation
Link to article
Article –
Talking to
the Text
Etruscan Housing
Daily Life
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Social Order
Upper Class
Wealthy landowners
Nobles
Priests
Middle Class
Farmers
Traders
City Workers
Lower Class
Enslaved People
Etruscans
Religious Beliefs
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Polytheistic
Provinces
Will of the gods
Soothsayers – read
omens. What is
an omen?
Humans in Center
West
Gods of death
and the
underworld
East
Gods of
The Heavens
South
Gods of
Nature
How were they supposed to know
what their gods wanted?
What about us? How are we supposed to know
what our God wants?
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The Roman “Kingdom”
officially began with
Romulus, in 753 BCE.
The Etruscans ruled the
Kingdom of Rome,
beginning in 616 BCE,
lasting until 509 BCE.
Read Pages 26-27 of the
Honor’s text book.
Brutus
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Engineering - Laid foundations for the first sewer
system. Drained swamp at the foot of the Palatine –
built the forum there.
Alphabet – Etruscans borrowed Greeks, Romans
borrowed Etruscans
Sporting Events- Funeral FIGHTS and Chariot Races
Triumph- Parade for returning heroes
Government - Servius – Census, Senate, and the
Legions. Fasces – bundle of rods bound around an ax –
symbol Roman Ruler’s power to execute
Etruscan Art – (Realistic)
Mysticism– soothsayers, temples, rituals, all to the
GODS.
The Etruscans taught the Latin’s how to use an Arch –
science of the Arch
Review Learning Goals
The students will understand that there was a group of
people already living in the area when Rome began.
The students will review the influences the Greeks had on Rome.
The students will know what daily life was like for the
Etruscans.
The students will identify the religious beliefs held by the
Etruscans.
The students will understand why Rome vowed to
NEVER have a king again.
The students will learn what influences the Etruscans
gave to the Roman Civilization.
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