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Etruscans

• came from the north-central part of the peninsula
• metal workers, artists, architects

Greeks

• They had many colonies around the Mediterranean Sea
• Romans borrowed ideas from them, such as:
•             Religious beliefs
•             Alphabet
•             Much of their art
•             Military techniques and weaponry

The Latins

• Descendants of Indo-Europeans
• Settled on the banks of the Tiber
• Situated so trading ships – but not war fleets – could navigate as far as Rome