CLASSICS 1B03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Acheron, Eriphyle, Tityos

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLASSICS 1B03
• Professor: unknown

Document Summary

The original site of rome is hilly: offers protection to small communities, watch for approaching enemies, watch movements of enemies when present and easier to fortify. Future site of rome occupied by latin speakers as early as 800 b. c. (where soon after the etruscans took over) The influence of the etruscans: building techniques, organization of government, religious practices and alphabet. 753 b. c. - widely accepted as the foundation of rome. Foundation myth: story starts in alba longa. Rhea silvia, a princess, was forced by her uncle to become a vestal virgin (priestess). He had taken the kingdom from her father and feared a legitimate heir. Mars seduced her, and she gave birth to twins romulus and. The uncle took the children, put them in a basket and set them afloat in the. The basket went ashore where the twins were nursed by a she-wolf. Eventually they return their grandfather to the throne of.