作为一座城市,罗马发展缓慢,在很长时间内,沿着台伯河的山丘上零星分布着一些村庄;各个村子里的居民很少往来;彼此之间也不做生意或从事宗教活动。伊特鲁里亚人夺取了这些村庄之后,这个地区才形成一个统一的城区。伊特鲁里亚人在卡皮托利尼山上给朱庇特(古罗马的保护神)建了一座大庙,并把广 As a city, Rome was slow to develop. For a long time, there were scattered villages along the hills of the Tiber River. Residents in each village rarely visited and did not conduct business or engage in religious activities. After the Etruscans seized these villages, the district formed a unified city. The Etruscans built a temple for Jupiter (the protector of ancient Rome) on the Capitoline Hill.