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Rome geography and
geography and early development of Rome
Question | Answer |
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First to live in the area of Italy that became Rome | Latins, who built their village on the Palatine hill in central Italy near the Tiber River |
The Romans became great builders. They learned many techniques about engineering, or the science of building, from | Etruscans |
Two important Etruscan structures the Romans adapted | arch and cuniculus |
an underground irrigation system invented by the Etruscans | cuniculus |
Romans also adapted two bloody Etruscan sporting events | slave fighting and chariot races |
a person trained to fight for public enjoyment | gladiator |
an important influence on the Romans from the Greeks | architecture, such as temples like the Parthenon |
a written work that contains important information | document |
Romans were inspired by | Greek poetry and myths |
The Greek influence on Roman painting and sculpture was so great that historians speak of | Greco-Roman art |
This especially influenced Roman ideas about the gods | Greek religion |
The Romans adapted many of the Greek gods as their own, but they gave them | Roman names |
The Roman myth about the founding of Rome centers on the characters | Romulus and Remus |
The Romans learned about Greek culture when | Greek colonists established towns in Italy. |
After adapting the arch and the cuniculus, the Romans | became better engineers than the Etruscans. |
how the Greek alphabet directly influenced the Romans' writing | The Romans wrote in all capital letters like the Greeks. |
In their religion, the Roman's were more focused than the Greeks on | performing the correct rituals for an occasion |
The early Roman's ideas about god changed when they | blended characteristics of other culture's gods with their own. |