From Village to Empire
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-The people living there -> called Latins
-The villages were eventually combined to form Rome.

- was a harsh and unpopular ruler
- the Romans drove him out
- they set up a Republic
-It wasn't only Etruscans were troubling the Romans, the other neighbouring tribes who wanted to capture Romans' rich farming land were always making raids.

-Some tribes were WIPED OUT and other SURRENDERED and became allies.
-By 250 BC,the Romans ruled the WHOLE of Italy.

-the Romans were trying to expand their trade, but Carthaginians treated them as pirates and sank their ships.
- Sicily (a fertile corn growing area) was also controlled by them.

-they invented a drawbridge called Corvus which has an iron spike at the end.
- It stood upright by the mast and it would sink into enemy's deck . And the Roman soldiers then charge across onto enemy's ship.