Roman influences
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- Geography and Location of Rome
- Myth of Romulus and Remus
- Etruscan Engineering
- Rome was located in between the Greeks and the Etruria. The country Italy is know for being shaped like a boot. Rome was very close to the border of Etruria.
- Etruscan Sports
- The baby's are found by a pack of wolves and raised as pups. A couple sees them and takes them as their own. They make a city of the riverbank where they were found Romulus kills Remus.
- Greek Architecture
- Etruscan arches rested on two pillars, which supported a half-circle of wedge-shaped stones. A keystone in the center held the other stones of the arch tightly in place. A cuniculus was a long underground trench connected by vertical shafts to the ground above.
- Greek Culture
- chariot race were adopted by the Romans from the Etruscan's. If a chariot overturned, they could be dragged under the chariot's wheels or trampled by the horses. Romans also flocked to see charioteers risk their lives racing four-horse teams.
- The Doric column is the most basic column.(far left) The ionic is better looking than the Doric and it is also taller. It also has volutes which look like scrolls (middle)The Corinthian is the best looking pillar. In has a plant like
- This is the Greek god Zeus but the Romans renamed him Jupiter.The Romans also wrote in all capitals like the Greeks. The Greeks like making pots that looked like the Greeks so much it was called Greco-Roman art.
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