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- The followers of Romulus were shepherds, hunters, farmers, and merchants who lived in small huts
scattered on the seven hills on which the city was built.
-The 6 kings who had followed Romulus were: Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Martius, Tarquinius Priscus, Servius Tullus, and Tarquinius Superbus.
- If you go to Rome today you can see parts of the Servian Wall which was once believed to have been built by Servius Tullius.
- The Latins were strongly influenced by the Greeks and the Etruscans
- The Etruscans, a hard and warlike people, settled in Tuscany (first
civilized people in Italy)
- In Tuscany they built cities, developed law codes, established trade and
were into art
- In the 8th century BC they controlled north and central Italy through a
chain of city-states
- They also had colonies on Corsica and traded with the Carthaginians living
in Sardinia
- In southern Italy and eastern Sicily were Greek colonists (centers of
culture and commerce)
- They wanted to civilize (rather than conquer) the Latin tribes and teach
them skills and fine craftsmanship of the East, the Greek alphabet, and Greek
religion.
- There were also the Carthaginians (Sicily and Sardinia) who were commercial
rivals of Rome that exercised control over many city-states.
- The Romans fought the Carthaginians in the Punic Wars for commercial and political control of the western Med.
The History of Rome - Part One 743 - 136 B.C. © Bible History Online (http://www.bible-history.com)
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