Who settled in Rome?

Etruscans

• came from the north - central part of the peninsula 
• metalworkers, artists, architects 
• two foundation myths - Virgil's plus the story of Remus and romulus 

Greeks 

• They had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea 
• Romans borrowed ideas from them, such as: 
• religious beliefs 
• alphabet 
• much of their art 
• military techniques and weaponry

But who first settled there? 

the Latins! 

• descendants of Indo-europeans 
• settled on the banks of the Tiber 
• situated so trading ships - but not war fleets - could navigate as far as Rome, but no further 
• a commercial port, but not susceptible to attack 
• and .. built on seven hills 

Remus wanted Aventine 

Romulus chose Palatine

They drained a swamp 

• many streams flowed into the Tiber 
• there was a marshy area called the Forum, between Palatine and Capitoline Hills 
• Tarquin the Proud's grandfather built the Cloaca Maxima (largest ancient drain), which channeled water into the tiber

Now Tarquin's kinda proud, but he got a little loud 

• Lucius Tarquinas Superbus 
• The seventh and final king of Rome
• known as Tarquin the Proud (sometimes referred to Tarquin the Arrogant) 
• a true tyrant, in the old and modern sense of the word 

No kings no more

• The people's shock at this horrible behavior and this horrible family made them NEVER want to be subject to the rule of kings EVER again - this was an attitude that lasted for centuries