Influences on Ancient Rome

What tourist sights in Rome show Etruscan influence?

• buildings with arches

• large public courtyards

• windmills to water crops

• fields of bright flowers

What was one reason why the Etruscans might build a cuniculus?

• to entertain the people

• to farm on steep hillsides

• to carry water to their cities

• to conquer neighboring tribes

Unlike our writing today, both Greek and Roman writing....

• served to record laws

• used only capital letters

• was rarely seen in public

• represented words with pictures

What was a major difference between Greek and Roman art?

• Greek art showed leaders. Roman art showed gods.

• Greek art showed events. Roman art showed landscapes.

• Greek art showed daily life. Roman art showed celebrations.

• Greek art showed ideal people. Roman art showed realistic people.

Why do historians use the term “Greco-Roman art”?

• Roman art shows a strong influence from Greece.

• The same artists worked in both Greece and Rome.

• Greeks admired Roman styles and tried to imitate them.

• Scholars cannot tell whether a work is Greek or Roman.

Which tribe built the original settlement at Rome?

• The Etruscans

• The Corinthians

• The Latins

• The Sicilians

According to the myth, how were Romulus and Remus rescued?

• By a wolf.
• By a Greek.
• By their father, Mars.
• By an eagle

How did Rome's geography aid (help) its development?

• Rome was isolated on all sides by mountains.
• Rome's location offered water, protection, and trade.
• Rome was colonized in an unpopulated part of Italy.
• Rome's warm monsoon rains supported farming.

Which reason best explains why the Romans were influenced by Greeks and Etruscans?

• Roman society existed before Greek and Etruscan societies.
• Roman society valued different peoples and beliefs.
• Rome was economically dependent on Greece and Etruria.
• Rome was geographically near Greece and Etruria.

What does this building in Rome show about Roman architecture?

• It was influenced by the Greeks.

• It was influenced by the Etruscans.

• It was influenced by the Latins.