Rome: A History of the City. Lecture 1 of 6. Foundation. From the inauspicious beginnings of a band of outlaws perched on a squat hill overlooking the marshes and swamps along the Tiber River, Etruscan warlords drained the swamps, organized the local tribesmen, and built the first colossal structures of the town that was to become the imperial city of Rome. A lecture by Dr. William J. Neidinger.
