The Origins of Rome
The Ancients
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Romulus and the Etruscan Dynasty
Etruscan archaeology sometimes to learn more about people like Romulus and Rome in let's say the eighth century yeah. I think it's vitally important to understand Rome as part of a broader central Italian context with these very advanced city civilizations made up of the 12 Etruscan cities well they thought they were canonical 12 that probably rather more also very important to the south as well are the companion cities such as Capua and PompeiiYeah there are many Etruscans from the seventh and sixth centuries present in Rome and Rome actually has a dynasty that originates according to our literary sources from Etruria ruling it from the late seventh and throughout the sixth century BC
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