WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Etruscan Museum and Monterozzi Necropolis of Tarquinia.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Romans learned the arch from the Etruscans of Tuscany and were the first people in the world to really figure out how to use it. Romans in the first centuries BC discovered how to use arches in the construction of bridges, aqueducts and buildings.

Detailed explanation-3: -From about 630 BC, Etruscan architecture was heavily influenced by Greek architecture, which was itself developing through the same period. In turn it influenced Roman architecture, which in its early centuries can be considered as just a regional variation of Etruscan architecture.

Detailed explanation-4: -Etruscan influence on ancient Roman culture was profound and it was from the Etruscans that the Romans inherited many of their own cultural and artistic traditions, from the spectacle of gladiatorial combat, to hydraulic engineering, temple design, and religious ritual, among many other things.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Romans became great builders. They learned many tech-niques about engineering, or the science of building, from the Etruscans. Two important Etruscan structures the Romans adapted were the arch and the cuniculus. Etruscan arches rested on two pillars.