has poor mineral resources and very few useful harbors, however it is wealty in both

fertile land and precipitation. Three - quarters of the peninsula is covered in foothills

and mountains. The alps, a mountian range to the north of Italy, cut off the peninsulas

only land connection, which resulted, in the times of Ancient Rome, in the people

The Etruscans were mysterious people who settled on the Italian Peninsula

somewhere between 900 and 800 BC. No one is really certain about their origin,

however archaeologists suspect that they came from the eastern Medditerannean. The

Etruscans ruled in north-eastern Italy, between the Appentine mountian range and the

Tyrrhenian Sea. Their civilization streched from the Arno River in the north to the Tiber

River which is more towards the center of the Italian Peninsula. Te Tiber River is where

the Roman Empire would sit years later.

The Etruscans lived in independent city-states. In the earliest times, these

city-states were ruled by a monarchy, but were later ruled by oligarchies that governed

times. In 70 AD the emperor Titus captured Jerusalem. His brother Domitian followed

and elected officials. The Etruscans were largely agricultural people,

became ruler of Rome. This would mark the beginning of the Roman Empire.

course weren't available, therefore a new class formed in the cities of Rome, the urban,

which would narrow the social gap in Rome. In 133 BC, Graccus Brotehrs led a popular

into three equal parts, one section for each of them to rule. Soon, the second triunvirate

office, owned large farms, and generally had more influence over things. They also

Roman Peace was dominate from 31 B.C. to A.D. 180. Great prosperity and

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