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32.3 Etruscan Engineering
•Arches to build
bridges, stadiums,
and aqueducts
•Cuniculus to irrigate
land, drain swamps,
carry water to cities
32.4 Etruscan Sporting Events
• Chariot racing
• Gladiators – slaves fighting against
each other or wild animals
32.5 Greek Architecture
Greek columns and designs
to add beauty to buildings
•Concrete
allowed
Romans to
build buildings
larger than the
Greeks.
32.6 Greek writing
•Greek Etruscan Roman alphabet
•All capital letters like the Greeks
•Carved important documents into walls
•Inspired by Greek poetry and myths
32.7 Greek Art
•Copied pottery technique
•Collected Greek art
•Greek style monuments
•Sculptors and painters
modeled after Greeks =
“Greco-Roman art”
•Roman more realistic
32.8 Greek Mythology
•Adopted Greek gods,
gave them Roman
names
•Zeus = Jupiter
•Aphrodite = Venus
•Ares = Mars