The population of Falera is 3,572.

It is difficult to ascertain the actual extent of Etruscan influence on Rome. The fashionable theory that the Etruscans conquered or dominated Rome, or that the urban development of Rome in the 5th century BC was due to the Etruscans has been challenged. The evidence base of this theory is flimsy and it is based on unproven assumptions. Recent archaeological evidence suggests a different picture. Moreover, the Etruscan civilisation disappeared quite early and very little Etruscan writing, which has not been fully deciphered, has survived. There are very little archaeological finds in the city of Rome because the Etruscans had an influence in the archaic (early) days of Rome and ancient Rome was continually redeveloped over the many centuries of its history. The Etruscans were one of the various peoples who had some influence on Roman religion. Early Roman architecture might have been influenced by the Etruscans as well as the Greeks. However, if this was the case, the Etruscan order (style) was soon abandoned. The Roman preferred the Greek orders because the Etruscan one was unadorned and rustic.

According to the Roman tradition, the 5th king of Rome introduced:

• The celebration of triumphs in Etruscan style

• The golden chariot of the king

• The fasces, a bundle of wooden sticks with an axe sticking out in the middle. This was used by the lictors, the guards of the consuls and the praetor. They were also a symbol of the power and authority of the consuls and the praetor.

• The clothes worn by people in positions of authority. The trabea, the robe worn by the king and then the consuls and priests during public ceremonies. The toga praetexta, the robe worn by higher officers of state and the curule chair they sat on as a symbol of their authority. The paludamnetum, a cloak worn by generals and their higher officers when commanding an army (but not during peace).

• The falera, round ornamental metal disks for helmets, armour and harness of horses

The political traditions and practices of the Romans were entirely Roman. They were created right during the foundation of the city-state and were further developed as the Roman city-state grew. Romulus (the founder and first king) created the senate as an advisory body and a popular assembly (the comitia curiata), which after his death became a voting body. The sixth king of Rome, Servius Tullius, introduced two new popular assemblies, the Assembly of the Soldiers and the Assembly of the Tribes as voting bodies for the whole of the Roman state, which by then had had annexed other territories in Latium (land of the Latins). The comitia Curiata covered only the city of Rome. The Republic retained these institutions and replaced the king with two annually elected consuls.

The fashionable theory that the Etruscans conquered or dominated Rome, or that the urban development of Rome in the 5th century BC was due to the Etruscans is just that, a theory. It has been challenged. The evidence base of this theory is flimsy and it is based on unproven assumptions. Recent archaeological evidence suggests a different picture

According to the Roman tradition, the fifth king of Rome, Tarquinius Priscus, who was half Greek and half Etruscan, introduced some Etruscan formal customs:

• The celebration of triumphs in Etruscan style

• The golden chariot of the king

• The fasces, a bundle of wooden sticks with an axe sticking out in the middle. This was used by the lictors, the guards of the king and, later, the consuls and of the praetor. They were also a symbol of the power and authority.

• The clothes worn by people in positions of authority. The trabea, the robe worn by the king and then the consuls and priests during public ceremonies. The toga praetexta, the robe worn by higher officers of state and the curule chair they sat on as a symbol of their authority. The paludamnetum, a cloak worn by generals and their higher officers when commanding an army (but not during peace).

• The falera, round ornamental metal disks for helmets, armour and harness of horses.

It is difficult to ascertain the actual extent of Etruscan influence on Rome. The fashionable theory that the Etruscans conquered or dominated Rome, or that the urban development of Rome in the 5th century BC was due to the Etruscans has been challenged. The evidence base of this theory is flimsy and it is based on unproven assumptions. Recent archaeological evidence suggests a different picture. Moreover, the Etruscan civilisation disappeared quite early and very little Etruscan writing, which has not been fully deciphered, has survived. There are very little archaeological finds in the city of Rome because the Etruscans had an influence in the archaic (early) days of Rome and ancient Rome was continually redeveloped over the many centuries of its history. The Etruscans were one of the various peoples who had some influence on Roman religion. Early Roman architecture might have been influenced by the Etruscans as well as the Greeks. However, if this was the case, the Etruscan order (style) was soon abandoned. The Roman preferred the Greek orders because the Etruscan one was unadorned and rustic.

According to the Roman tradition, the 5th king of Rome who was half Greek and half Etruscan, introduced:

• The celebration of triumphs in Etruscan style

• The golden chariot of the king

• The fasces, a bundle of wooden sticks with an axe sticking out in the middle. This was used by the lictors, the guards of the consuls and the praetor. They were also a symbol of the power and authority of the consuls and the praetor.

• The clothes worn by people in positions of authority. The trabea, the robe worn by the king and then the consuls and priests during public ceremonies. The toga praetexta, the robe worn by higher officers of state and the curule chair they sat on as a symbol of their authority. The paludamnetum, a cloak worn by generals and their higher officers when commanding an army (but not during peace).

• The falera, round ornamental metal disks for helmets, armour and harness of horses.

They were the foundation of the Roman civilization.

The extent of Etruscan influence on early Rome is difficult to ascertain because of a dearth of archaeological evidence. This is because Rome was continually redeveloped over the centuries and there is very little left from her early days. The Etruscan civilisation decayed and disappeared by the 1st century BC. Even the Etruscan language disappeared and only a tiny amount of writing in Etruscan has survived.

The Romans said that some of their divinities and religious rituals were of Etruscan origin. They also said that the fifth king of Rome, Tarquinius Priscus, introduced some Etruscan ceremonial customs, such as the toga of the king, the toga of some officials and some priests, the lictors who protected the king and the fasces they used, and the use of the Etruscan golden chariot for triumphs. Archaeologist have found that some of the early tiles made by the Romans were made in a style from the nearby Etruscan city of Veii, while some had a style which came from a Latin city south of Rome and was influenced by the Greeks.

The fashionable theory that the Etruscans conquered Rome is just that, a theory. Its evidence base is flimsy to say the least and it is based on unproven assumptions. It has been challenged. Recent archaeological evidence from the area of ancient Latium (land of the Latins) suggests a different picture which does not fit with this theory in quite a number of ways. Among these is the fact that the Latins were influenced as much by the Greek city of Capua (near Naples, just 125 miles south of Rome) as by the Etruscans. This theory tended to assume that everything about early Rome was down to the Etruscans. It was said that the famous statue of the Capitoline she-wolf was Etruscan. It is now scientifically proven that it was made in the Middle Ages. It was argued that the gladiatorial fights originated from Etruria. It has now been shown that they originated from Campania as the ancient Roman historian Livy said.

The Romans took their art, pottery, frescoes, music, fashion, higher role for women, they had the estruscan gods and goddesses. the Romans did not like the estruscan monarchy so made the republic

One of the most important influences of Egyptian architecture on greek and roman architecture was the establishment of basic elements of the column. The Egyptians established the basic design of a column, which consists of three parts: a pedestal (at the bottom), the column itself, and the capital (at the top). The Greeks stole the basic Egyptian design and took off with it. They developed three classical orders of architecture, distinguished by the style of the capitals and the shape and size of the columns. These three orders (Doric, Ionic and Corinthian), along with two more (Composite and Tuscan) added by the Romans, persist into this day.

Text quoted from History of architecture 1 handouts

I would add that the Greeks developed the fluted column (not completely round but 'scalloped'), which the Egyptians did not use. The Greek columns got smaller towards the top, so the column actually looks taller than it is. Also, note that the Greeks needed to place the columns close together, otherwise the flat stone held up by two neighboring columns would crack in the middle. The Romans invented the arch, unknown to the early Greeks and Egyptians, allowing more space between columns. The principle of the arch was the same as the domed roof, allowing a huge, empty space underneath. (Cf. the Parthenon in Rome). --- It is probable that Egyptian mathematics, highly developed for land-surveying in relation to Nile-irrigated agriculture, was a necessary precursor to the calculations necessary for building the Greek and Roman temples and other monuments.

Yes, the Romans both learned from, and incorporated aspects of both the Etruscan and Greek culture.

Yes, the Romans both learned from, and incorporated aspects of both the Etruscan and Greek culture.

Yes, the Romans both learned from, and incorporated aspects of both the Etruscan and Greek culture.

Yes, the Romans both learned from, and incorporated aspects of both the Etruscan and Greek culture.

Yes, the Romans both learned from, and incorporated aspects of both the Etruscan and Greek culture.

Yes, the Romans both learned from, and incorporated aspects of both the Etruscan and Greek culture.

Yes, the Romans both learned from, and incorporated aspects of both the Etruscan and Greek culture.

Yes, the Romans both learned from, and incorporated aspects of both the Etruscan and Greek culture.

Yes, the Romans both learned from, and incorporated aspects of both the Etruscan and Greek culture.

The Romans took many of the cultural traits from the Etruscans such as: art, architecture, fighting methods, religious ceremonies, architecture (such as underground water canal systems), Etruscan funeral games (which later became Roman gladiator fights) and more. Many aspects of the Etruscan culture were also borrowed from the Greeks, so, the Romans really took a lot of Greek culture from the Etruscans.