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What was a major difference between Greek and Roman art?
Greek art showed ideal people. Roman art showed realistic people.
Regarding the gods, the Romans cared more than the Greeks about telling their stories or performing the correct rituals?
performing the correct rituals
Why do historians use the term “Greco-Roman art”?
Roman art shows a strong influence from Greece
Unlike our writing today, both Greek and Roman writing
used only capital letters
How did the Romans get their alphabet?
from the Etruscans, who got it from the Greeks
How did Romans learn about Greek culture?
Greek colonists had settled nearby.
Enslaved people who became gladiators were required to fight for what purpose?
To amuse an audience
Which dangerous sport did the Romans adapt from the Etruscans?
Chariot racing
What was one reason why the Etruscans might build a cuniculus?
to carry water to their cities
What tourist sights in Rome show Etruscan influence?
Buildings with arches
What landscape would an early visitor to Rome have seen?
a hill beside a river
Who first lived in the area that would become Rome?
Latins
Who were Romulus and Remus?
the mythical founders of Rome; twin brothers; raised by a wolf
