• 3 of the Roman Kings were Etruscan.
• Rome absorbed all the Etruscan knowledge and achievements.
• Etruscan engineering provided water drainage to dry the valleys, aqueducts to move water and to create urban space for Rome.
• They had homes along with city walls for protection and defense along with their imposing arches and doors.
• They had a strong belief in an afterlife which would continue on indefinitely without interruption.
• With that perspective, the important necropolis of Cerveteri shows us the tombs of the aristocracy as well as other citizens.