ROME

There were three main groups of people who settled Rome. The Etruscans came from the north-central part of the peninsula and were metalworkers, artists, and architects. The Greeks had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea. The Romans borrowed ideas from them like religious beliefs, alphabet, art, and military techniques and weaponry. The first settlers were the Latins. They were the descendants of the Indo-Europeans. They settled on the banks of the Tiber. They were situated so that only trading ships could go as far as Rome, but no further. The had a commercial ports that wasn't susceptible to attack. They built Rome on 7 hills. Tarquin the Proud's grandfather built the largest ancient drain called the Cloaca Maxima, which channeled swamp water into the Tiber. Tarquin the Proud was the 7th and last king of Rome. He was also called Tarquin the Arrogant. He was a tyrant. That's what we learned today on Rome.