- The city of Rome was founded in 753 BC by Romulus and Remus
- abandoned on the Tiber river as infants
- raised by a she-wolf
- Rome was built on 7 rolling hills at a curve on the Tiber river
- Midway between the alps and Italy's southern tip
- near midpoint of the Mediterranean Sea
The First Romans
- earliest settlers arrived in prehistoric times (about 1000 - 500 BC)
- 3 groups inhabited the region and eventually battled for control
- Latins
- Greeks
- Etruscans
- Latins built the original settlement at Rome
- a cluster of wooden huts atop one of its 7 hills, Palatine Hill
- considered 1st Romans
- Greeks established colonies along Southern Italy and Sicily
- became prosperous and commercially active
- brought Italy and Rome into closer contact with Greek civilization
- Etruscans - native to Northern Italy
- skilled Metalworkers and Engineers
- strongly influenced the development of Roman Civilization and Rome's architecture
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