Who settled in Rome 

Etruscans, Latins, Greeks

Etruscans

• Came from the north-central part of the peninsula
• Metal workers, artists, architects
• Two foundation myths: Virgil's Aeneid (where Aeneas escapes from Troy - sound familiar?) plus the story of Remus and Romulus

Greeks

• They had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea
• Romans borrowed ideas from them such as:

• Religious beliefs
• Much of their art
• Alphabet

But who first settled there?

 Latins

• Descendants of Indo- European
• Settled on the banks of the Tiber
• Situated so trading ships - but not war fleets - could navigate as far as Rome, but no further
• A commercial port, but not susceptible to attack
• And… built on seven hills (esp. palatine)

The people's shock at this horrible behavior and this horrible family made them NEVER want to be subject to the rule of kings EVER again -this was an attitude that lasted for centuries