Rome
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Social Studies project
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- Location and Geography of Rome
- Myth of Romulus and Remus
- Etruscan engineering
- Ancient Rome is located in the country, Italy. The ancient Romans were heavily influenced by the ancient Greeks. The capital city of the Roman civilizations, founded about 700 BCE.The first people to live in the area that became Rome were the Latins.
- Etruscan Sports
- Rhea bore the twins Romulus and Remus, fathered by the war god Mars. Amulius ordered the infants drowned in the Tiber River, but the trough in which they were placed floated down the river and came to rest at the site of the future Rome, near the Ficus ruminalis, a sacred fig tree of historical times.
- Greek Architecture
- Etruscans used these trenches to irrigate land. They also used them to drain swamps and to carry water to their cities. The Romans adopted both of these structures. In time, they became even better engineers than the Etruscans.
- Greek Culture
- Romans enjoyed watching the dangerous Etruscan sport of chariot racing. Slave fighting was also adapted from the Etruscans. Some Roman slaves that fought against each other or animals were called gladiators.
- Romans copied the Greek technique for making pottery. Wealthy Romans collected Greek art and built monuments in the Greek style. Roman sculptors and painters used Greek art as a model, but their figures were more realistic.
- Roman religion was highly influenced by Greek religion. The Romans adapted Greek gods as their own, but gave them Roman names. The Romans were more concerned with following the correctrituals than with stories about their gods.
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