Day 20

Settlers in Rome:

• Etruscans-
• Came from the central northern part of the peninsula
• Were metalworkers, artists, and architects
• Greeks-
• Had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea
• Romans borrowed ideas from the Greeks such as:
• religious beliefs
• alphabet
• art
• weapons and military techniques 
• Latins-
• Descendants from the Indo-Europeans
• Settled in the Tiber
• Could navigate to Rome at the furthest 
• ports were not susceptible to attack 
• built on 7 hills 

Draining a swamp:

• Many streams flowed into the Tiber
• The Forum was a marshy area between Palatine and Capitoline Hills
• Tarquin the Proud's grandfather built the largest ancient drain called Cloaca Maxima 
• Cloaca Maxima channeled water into the Tiber 

Tarquin the Proud:

• Full name was Lucius Tarquinias Superbus 
• The 7th and last king of Rome
• Had other names such as Tarquin the Proud and Tarquin the Arrogant
• Seized power as a tyrant