1. Etruscans and the Romans

2.  Who is Lucius Tarquinius?,  In 616 B.C., Lucius Tarquinius became the first Etruscan ruler of Rome, and his dynasty ruled Rome for more than 100 years  What did the Etruscans teach the Latin’s how to use?  The Etruscans taught the Latin's how to use the arch in building bridges.

3.  The Etruscans also laid the foundations for Rome’s first sewer system.  The Etruscans drained the swamp at the foot of the Palatine which became Rome’s Forum, or the public square.

4.  What did the Romans borrow from the Etruscans?  The Romans borrowed the Etruscan alphabet and some Etruscan customs, including the gladiatorial game  What did the Romans do to amuse themselves?  The Romans amused themselves by watching these games, which were fights between armed men, between men and animals, between women and dwarfs, and between animals.

5.  Another custom was the triumph, or the parade-like welcome given to a Roman hero returning from battle.

6.  In addition, the Romans borrowed Etruscan symbols of authority.  What was one of the symbols adopted by the Romans?  One of these was the fasces, or a bundle of rods bound around an ax that became the symbol of a Roman ruler's power.

7.  The Etruscans built the first temple on the Capitoline; today, it is the center of Rome’s municipal, or city, government.  The Romans founded their cities according to a ritual borrowed from the Etruscans.

8.  Priests marked where the two main streets would meet and marked it with a stone  What was important about where the two streets met?  The Romans believed the place where the two streets met was the mundus, or the meeting point for the worlds of the living and the dead.

9.  Etruscans played an important role in the development of Roman civilization.