Aeneas, Virgil Flashcards
What did the Latins live in
In huts in villages in the hills
People of Latinum lived
Where Rome was built
They are the indigenous population
Lifestyle of the Latins
Farmers
Tribal groups
Latins lived in
Northern/ central Italy
In villages in hills
Defend by wooden palisades
Latin gods
Jupiter, Diana, Venus etc.
Latin influences
Influenced BY those that arrived
(Greeks+Etruscans)
But kept their own language
Etruscans lived in
Northern/ Central Italy
Etruscan dates
800-300bc
Etruscan influences
Influenced rome’s buildings
Built the main city sewer (cloaca Maxima) to drain the forum
Excavated allot of metals to trade with the Greeks
Mede the bronze she wolf
Built many arches
Greek city states area
Southern Italy/Sicily
Greek city states dates
700BCE
Greek city states influences
Made many ports,
Trade with Etruscans
Rome had access to the romans
Aeneas
Demi god
Hero of troy
Son of Venus
Founder of Rome
Aeneas’s family
Father was Anchises
Wife was Creusa
Son was Ascanius
Aeneas’s 1st dream
Hector who had recently died in the Trojan battle came to him in a dream
He told him to escape with the holy headbands and fire of vesta
To start a new city
AENEAS REFUSED