The image is a text-based slide from a presentation on the history of the Roman Empire. The slide is titled "According to tradition, Rome was founded in 753 BCE as a modest village near the Tiber Valley in Latium. The city was ruled by Etruscan kings for over a century, until the beginning of the 6th century BCE, when the Etrusscan kings were expelled and Rome emerged as a small, independent republic. The young republic embarked on an expansion policy that brought the entire Mediterranean region under its rule by the end of the 1st century BCE. Roman art, which had developed its own distinctive character by the 2nd century CE, was influenced by three main artistic traditions: the local Italian, the Etruscan, and above all, the Greek. Many original Greek artworks were imported to Rome and copied. However, certain aspects of the Greek artistic tradition were incompatible with Roman ideals of simplicity and authenticity. In order to create an art that would reflect realism, with the idealism that characterized Greek art. The result was a unique, eclectic style that became popular in the Roman provinces and gradually spread throughout the Western world."