Rasenna
English
Alternative forms
- Rasena, Rasenae
- Rasennae
Etymology
From the Etruscan autonym, πππππ (rasna, βthe peopleβ).
Proper noun
Rasenna
- The Etruscans, collectively.
- 1898, Walter Wybergh How, βHenry Devenish Leigh, A History of Rome to the Death of Caesar, pages 12 and 79:
- The Rasenna were to the Romans a foreign nation speaking an unknown tongue.
- [β¦]
- The cities of the Rasenna in Campania, whose communications with the mother country, whether by land or sea, were not cut of, surrendered [β¦] .
- 2013, Fred Kleiner, Gardnerβs Art through the Ages: The Western Perspective:
- The Etruscan people of historical timesβthe Rasennaβwere very likely the result of a gradual fusion of native and immigrant populations.
- 1898, Walter Wybergh How, βHenry Devenish Leigh, A History of Rome to the Death of Caesar, pages 12 and 79:
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