western civ blog

today in western civilization we took a test on rome and we were allowed to use our blogs this is the blog I used on the test  Etruscans came from north-central part of the peninsula   metalworkers, artists, architects   two foundation myths: Virgil’s  Aeneid  (where Aeneas escapes from Troy - sound familiar?)   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   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 (esp. Palatine)   many streams flowed into the ...

Etruscans came from north-central part of the peninsula metalworkers, artists, architects two foundation myths: Virgil’s Aeneid (where Aeneas escapes from Troy - sound familiar?) 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 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 (esp. Palatine) 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 urban legend says Washington DC was built on a swamp - but only a...