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FOUNDING OF ROME
Rome was made by two young boys. They fought to the death on top of two hills. The winner was ROmulus and he named the city after himself. Rome, Romulus. He was sad that his brother was dead but he had founded a new city. -
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ETRUSCANS DAILY LIFE
The internal walls of Etruscan tombs such as those at Cerveteri and Tarquinii still contain the remains of magnificent murals which give us a considerable insight into the Etruscan way of life. A commonly recurring theme is the banquet, which in the case of the Necropolis paintings, carried a double meaning. For the banquet was also an intrinsic part of the religious ceremony at funerals. -
ETRUSCAN RELIGIOUS LIFE
The vast dimensions of the cemeteries, the architecture of the tombs and the richness of the relics found beside the dead are explained by the importance of the next world to the Etruscans. Their religion is distinguished by its faith in the omnipotence of the gods and of fate, which led to a feeling of the insignificance of the individual faced as he was by superior powers and concerned for the well-being of the dead. -
Etruscans Tombs
The Etruscan obsession with elaborate burials leads us to suppose that they may have had an underlying belief, similar to the Egyptians that a part of the soul remained with the body, or at least that the body was important for the afterlife. -
Etruscans and Romans part 1
According to the Roman foundation myth as relayed by Livy, the Etruscans, led by King Mezentius allied with King Turnus of the Rutuli, attacked the Latins and the exiled Trojans, led by Latinus and Aeneas respectively. The Latins and Trojans were victorious, although Aeneas was killed in the battle. Peace was afterwards concluded on the basis that the river Tiber would be the common boundary between the Etruscans and the Latins. -
Etruscans and Romans part 2
Nearly 3000 years ago, a tribe of people called the Latins lived in a small village on the Tiber River. This village grew to become the famous city of Rome. Around 900 BCE, a mysterious group of people arrived on the Italian peninsula. Nobody knows where they come from, but archaeologists believe they probably arrived from Asia Minor.