1. The Founding of Rome The Founding of Rome Etruscans- Who were they?
Etruscans influence on the Romans

2. The Legend of the Founding of Rome
After the fall of Troy:
A Trojan Prince leads his people west
* Aeneas is the Prince
2. When they reach Italy they meet the Latins
3. There a princess gives birth to 2 sons
* Romulus and Remus
* She was not allowed to have children
* They were taken from her (left to die)
4. Raised by a she-wolf and were able to grow up
5. Decided to go and build a city
* Romulus and Remus fight
* Romulus wins, founds a city named ROME

3. The Etruscans 800 BC- The Etruscans settle in Palatine Etruscans
Wrote an alphabet borrowed from the Greeks
Spoke a different language
Came from the kingdom of Lydia in Asia Minor

4. Etruscan Empire

5. Etruscan Basics Etruscans: Were Italy’s first civilized people
Known as “People of the Sea”
Excellent Pirates and Traders
Etruscan Farming:
Used mostly iron tools
Grew- barley, wheat, millet, grapes and fruits
Raised- pigs, goats, sheep, chicken and cattle
Etruscan Miners:
Dug copper, lead, iron and tin
Made weapons from these materials

6. Etruscan Army Etruscan Army: Very strong and well respected
Learned techniques and strategy from the Greeks
Phalanx- closed circuit of fighting/waves of attacks
Shoes- wore shoes to protect their feet
By 600 BC- their army dominated the region

7. Phalanx

8. Daily Life Strong sense of Social Order * had a class system
1. Upper Class- rich and wealthy
2. Middle Class- farmers and traders
3. Lower Class- enslaved people
Sung, danced, very artistic
Women played an important role in society
Lyre- popular musical instrument

9. Religious Beliefs Etruscans had many god
Most were modeled from the Greeks
Their Universe:
Divided into provinces or sections
Humans lived in the center
Gods of death and underworld lived to the right
Gods of the heavens lived to the left
Soothsayers- Priestly aristocrats who could
predict events
* Read Omens (signs of what is going to happen)

10. Tombs of Gold When an Etruscan noble died a banquet was held
At the banquet:
2 slaves fought to the death
Dead were buried in the catacombs
Catacombs- underground tombs or
Cemeteries
Tombs of Gold- built tombs for the afterlife
* placed treasures inside of them

11. Roman Catacombs

12. Etruscans and the Romans
Lucius Tarquinius- 1st Etruscan ruler
* His dynasty ruled for about 100 years
Etruscan Contributions to the Romans:
Arches in buildings and bridges
Laid the foundation for Rome’s first sewer system
Prepared the Forum of Rome
* Forum- Public Square

13. Roman Forum

14. Etruscan Cultural Contributions
* Customs borrowed by the Romans from the
Etruscans:
Gladiator battles at the Coliseum
Triumph- victory parade after battle
Introduced the soothsayers
Founded the city of Rome from omens told by the soothsayers
Mundus- meeting point of the living world and the dead
*** Etruscans played an important part in the development
of Roman Civilization

15. Roman Coliseum

16. Inside the Coliseum