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The early development of Rome was influenced firstly by its location. It had hills for safety, a river that took them to the sea and it had easy access to the interior of Italy via the Ford on the Tiber. Culturally early Rome was influenced both by the Etruscans and the Greeks from southern Italy.
Etruscans, Who launched a building program that turned Rome into a city.
The Greeks and the Etruscan influenced both early Rome and early Latium (land of the Latins). Archaeological finds have shown influences from both Etruria and the Greek colony (settlement) of Cumae, near Naples. Early Rome was also influenced by the Sabines, who lived on the mountains to the east of Rome. The foundation of Rome was said to have involved a fusion between the Latins who lived on the seven hill of Rome and Sabines who settled on two of these hills. They influenced early Roman religion. The Roman god Quirinus was of Sabine origin.
Etruscans or Tyrrhenioi in Greek language were the people who influenced the developments of the earle Roman era and were living in the central and westnorth parts of today's Italy. Ih the Hellenistic period the southern part of modern Italy was populated by the Greeks who migrated from various places of Greece in the seek of a better life.
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Rome was was influenced by the Etruscans--their language, construction and engineering, and religion.