The Etruscans. Could they have come from Troy? Romulus and Remus.
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The Etruscans
• The Latins were the first people to live in the area that eventually became Rome.
• The Latins were primarily farmers.
• The Latins are still there today.
The Etruscans
• What we know of the Etruscans we know from the necropolis that they left behind
– City of the dead
– A cemetery
The Etruscans
• Etruscan society had three classes of people
• The Aristocrats– Landowners– Priests– Nobles
The Etruscans
• When the Etruscans founded a city they used soothsayers to show where the boundaries of the city should be.
The Etruscans
• They built their cities of brick.
• Etruscans figured out how to make bridges using the arch.
The Etruscans
• The Etruscan alphabet was based on the Greek alphabet
• Etruscan writing has never been translated.
The Etruscans
• Slaves fought against each other as part of the Etruscan burial rites.
• Losers were buried with the dead as their servants.
The Etruscans
• The Etruscan symbol of power was called a fasces
• Symbolized the power of life and death like the crook and flail