came from north-central part of Italian peninsula
metalworkers, artists, architects
2 foundation myths: Virgil's Aeneid and the story of Remus and Romolus
Greeks
had many colonies around Mediterranean Sea
Romans borrowed ideas from them
- religious beliefs
- alphabet
- much of their art
- military techniques and weaponry
settled first on banks of Tiber River
descendants of Indo-Europeans
situated trading ships - not war fleets - could navigate as far as Rome
commercial port but not susceptible to attack
7 hills of Rome (Palatine)
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