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Foundings of Rome
"Foundings of Rome" illustrates the way Rome came to be. It all started when the king ordered all his inferiors to not have children. This was because he didn't want anyone to take his place as king. Well, his daughter married Mars, the god of war, and they had to children; Romulus and Remus. When the gods and her father found out, she placed them in a basket and watched them get carried down the Tiber River. Some time passed, and the two brothers were found by a she-wolf. She cared for them... -
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and she taught them how to survive. After a few years, the she-wolf was killed by a sheperd and he adopted the two brothers. When they grew older, Romulus and Remus decided to build a city near the Tiber, as a place to worship the gods. They went on the Palatine hill near this city and waited for a sign from God. When the sign arrived, Romulus and Remus started to fight. Remus was killed, and Romulus became king of the land, which he named Rome, in memory of his brother. Today, when we... -
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walk around rome, we can see statues and paintings of the she-wolf. I can infer that the she-wolf is a big part of Roman culture. This is the legend of Romulus and Remus, this is how Rome came to be. -
The Etruscans 2
loved traders. The Etruscans were the only civilization that had shoes. They were made of heavy leather, and they were strapped around the ankle. They allowed them to go through places that were almost impossible to reach without shoes. This gave them a huge advantage especially in war. Over time, the Etruscans became richer and more powerful. They eventually took control of all of northern Italy, including the Latin village on the Palantine hill. The Etruscans liked bright colors, money, and... -
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a good time. They played sports and danced. They would gamble with ivory dice or played games similar to chess. They often wrestled, ran, and did races with horses. Their activities were accompanied by sounds from a double flute or a stringed lyre. All of these events helped them keep their spirits high and gave them a type of nationalist side. Everyone had the same rights, even women. Social order, the way people are classed, was felt greatly by the civilization. At first, there was little... -
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difference between the classes. Only enslaved people and acrobats were looked upon as inferior. As time passed, however, people were divided into three classes. The upper class was the richer people, such as landowners, nobles, and priests. The middle class was farmers, traders, and city workers. The enslaved people were in the lower class. The rich lived in a one-story homes made of sun-dried brick on a frame of heavy timbers. Most homes had an outdoor courtyard. During the day, the center... -
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room was used as a place to talk business. At night, it was where the entertainment would go on. The Etruscans had many gods. Most of them were modeled as the Greek ones, but named differently. Each city was tied to a different god. The Etruscans believed the wolrd was divided into provinces. Humans lived in the center of the Earth. To the south, there were the nature gods. Towards the West there were the gods of death. To the East, the gods of the heavens, which is the main reason why the... -
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Etruscans built their temples facing the East. In the Etruscan civilization, there were soothsayers, or people who could predict the future. They did this using omens, signs of what is to happen. Some soothsayers could tell the will of the gods by looking at the direction and sounds of lightning and thunder and the flight of birds. When a Etruscan noble died, a feast took place. At the event, two of the noble's enslaved persons would fight each other to death. Whoever was killed would go with... -
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the noble's spirit to the underworld. Dead Etruscans were burried in catacombs, which were underground tombs. The tombs had beds and chairs. The body would lay on the bed. The Etruscans believed that life after death was longer and more important than life on Earth. In the tombs, people put in paintings, gold, silver, ivory, and bronze. Outside each Etruscan city was a necropolis, or cemetary, made up of acres of these types of tombs. These tombs are called "tombs of gold." I can infer that... -
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the Etruscan people were very equal. They all had the same rights, so they could do whatever it is that someone else wanted to do. I can also infer that the Etruscan people were very bright and kind because they loved bright colors and games. This is the Etruscan civilization. -
The Etruscans
"The Etruscans" demonstrates who they were, their daily life, their religious beliefs, and the importance of tombs. The Etruscan way of life was similar to most of the historical civilizations. They dug tunnels and built dams so they could preserve their water and drain their marshy fields. They built cities on hilltops, so they could see what was happening below them. Each city was surrounded by a thick wall. The Etruscans were known as the people of the sea. They were feared pirates but... -
Etruscans and Romans
one person faught an animal, usually a lion. The Romans and Etruscans also had the same ideology of religion. They believed in several gods, and each god was the protector of a city and region. I can infer that the Romans and Etruscans were very similar, and that they are both very important civilizations that helped the modern world take shape. Even though the Romans usually get all the credit, the Etruscans were just as important. These are the connections between the Etruscans and Romans. -
Etruscans and Romans
"Etruscans and Romans" compares the two civilizations and provides us with connections between them. The Romans used many Etruscan ideas to help them live. They used those ideas and elaborated them to make them better. The Romans used things like the Etruscan religious beliefssports, alphabet, and many other things. A similarity between the two is that they both had some sort of fighting event. The Etruscans held one between a noble's slaves, and the Romans had one where two people faught or...
