Etruscans and Romans
In 616 BC, Tarquinius took throne from Latin king.
Latins were more advanced than the Romans.
Taught the Romas how to use the arch.
Etruscans laid the foundations for the first sewer system.

Forum
Drained the swamp at the foot of Palatine Hill.
This place became the Forum.
Forum housed a palace, government buildings, and law courts.

Romans borrow from the Etruscans
They borrowed the Greek alphabet.

Gladiator Games
Etruscans were models for Roman gladitorial games.
Fights between armed men.
Fights between men and animals.
Between women and dwarfs.
Between Animals.

Fasces
Etruscan symbol fasces was borrowed by the Romans.
Built the first temple on the Capitoline.

Founding of a City
Roman founded their cities according to Etruscan ritual.
Soothsayers read omens that told where the boundaries should be.
Bronze bladed plow marked the boundaries.
Priests laid out the main street and the principal cross streets.