April 30

Notes:

Etruscans

• came from the north-central part of the peninsula 
• metalworkers, artists, architects
• two foundation myths: Virgil's Aeneid (Where Aeneas escapes from Troy), plus the story of remus and Romulus

Greeks 

• had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea 
• Romans borrowed ideas: religious beliefs, alphabet, much of their art, military techniques and weaponry 

Latins

• descendants of Indo-Europeans (India and Europe) 
• 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
• built on seven hills

Drained a Swamp

• 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 (large ancient drain), which channeled water into the Tiber

Fun Fact: 

Urban legend says Washington DC was built on a swamp- but only about 2% was actually swampland - however, Constitution Avenue is located on what used to be called Tiber Creek

Now Tarquin's kinda proud 

• Lucius Tarquinias Superbus 
• the seventh and final king of Rome 
• known as Tarquin the Proud (sometimes referred to as Tarquin the Arrogant) 
• a true tyrant, in the old and modern sense of the word 

Today was Grandparents Day. I missed some of this class, so I am not sure how far the class got in the powerpoint.