Early Rome
The Etruscans - History
Romulus & Remus - Myth
Etruscans
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Monarchy
Influenced by Greeks
and Phoenicians.
Etruscans
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Architecture was primitive
compared to the Greeks
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Stone walls
Stone temples
Irrigation
Etruscan Art
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Influenced by Greek art
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Sculpture
Frescoes
Vases
Rome
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Easy to cross Tiber
River.
Hills are natural
defense
Romulus and Remus
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Sons of Mars &
Vestal Virgin,
Rhea Silvia
Romulus and Remus
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Left near Tiber river
by King Amulius
Found by a she-wolf
Raised by a shepherd
As adults, they killed
King Amulius
Founded Rome
Romulus killed
Remus
Rape of the
Sabines
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Problem: Not enough
women.
Solution: Steal all the
neighboring women.
Problem 2: War to get
women back.
Solution 2: Women
make peace and force
both sides to unite.
Rape of the Sabine Women
Giambologna
1582, Marble
The Intervention of the Sabine Women
Jacques-Louis David, 1799, Oil on canvas
Rape of the Sabines
Pablo Picasso
1963, Oil on canvas