Answer:
1. Both Greece and Rome are Mediterranean countries, similar enough latitudinally for both to grow wine and olives. However, their terrains were quite different. The ancient Greek city-states were separated from each other by hilly countryside and all were near the water.
2. Yes
3. Yes, Modern Italians are descended from the Ancient Romans. From the founding if Rome in 753 BC by Romulus and Remus to the days of the Roman Kingdom/Empire. Ancient Rome started in Italy.
4. Yes. In Roman mythology, Romulus and Remus are twin brothers whose story tells the events that led to the founding of the city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom by Romulus. The killing of Remus by his brother, along with other tales from their story, have inspired artists throughout the ages.
5. Romulus and Remus are direct descendants and found the city of Rome. Therefore, the Romans were descendants of these Latins, who were themselves descended from Trojans.
6. Although Roman law superseded all legal Egyptian traditions and forms, many of the institutions of the old Ptolemaic dynasty remained with a few fundamental changes in its administrative and social structure. So no the Egyptians had no power over Rome so no rules came from them.
