ROME V. ETRUSCANY Before the Etruscan’s crossed the Tiber river in 750 BC, Rome was described as a loose group or agricultural villages. It was not long before this loose group of villages, with some help from the Etruscan way, was transformed into the world’s most dominant city. Many say the Romans conquering success was all the thanks of the Etruscan’s, however, the Romans strongly disagree and give them absolutely no credit. This …showed first 75 words of 716 total…

…showed last 75 words of 716 total…for such little time? Leadership can not come from the teachings of one of life’s “losers”. “With strong armies. Battleships and strong leadership, the romans not only drove out all other invaders but conquered all the lands from Britain to the Sahara desert and from Spain to Syria” (Pamela Odijk, “The Romans” p.9). It was the Romans who held the world in their hands, not the Etruscans and for this reason they owe nothing.