Examples of Etruscan in the following topics:
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- Although many Etruscan
cities were later assimilated by Italic, Celtic, or Roman ethnic groups, the Etruscan
names and inscriptions that survive within the ruins provide historic evidence of the range of settlements constructed by the Etruscans.
- Etruscan cities flourished
over most of Italy during the Roman Iron Age.
- According to ancient sources,
some cities were founded by the Etruscans in prehistoric times, and bore
entirely Etruscan names.
- Others were later colonized by the Etruscans from
Italic groups.
- However, it is
evident, from Etruscan visual art, that Greek myths were well known.
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- The origins of the Etruscans are mostly lost in prehistory.
- Meanwhile, Rome had started annexing Etruscan cities.
- These events led to the loss of the Northern Etruscan provinces.
- The Etruscan state government was essentially a theocracy.
- Knowledge of the Etruscan
language is still far from complete.
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- The Etruscan scriptures were a corpus
of texts, termed the Etrusca Disciplina.
- The Etruscans did not appear to have a systematic rubric for
ethics or morals.
- Three layers of deities are evident in the extensive Etruscan art
motifs.
- The Etruscans shared in general early
Mediterranean beliefs.
- Describe some of the key characteristics of the
Etruscan belief system
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- Lucius Tarquinius Priscus was the fifth king of Rome and the first of Etruscan birth.
- Upon ascending the throne, he waged wars against the Sabines and Etruscans, doubling the size of Rome and bringing great treasures to the city.One of his first reforms was to add 100 new members to the Senate from the conquered Etruscan tribes, bringing the total number of senators to 200.
- His reign is best remembered for the introduction of Etruscan symbols of military distinction and civilian authority
into the Roman tradition, including the scepter of the king, the rings
worn by senators, and the use of the tuba for military purposes.
- Like his father-in-law before him, Servius fought successful wars against the Etruscans.
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- Early Roman art was
greatly influenced by the art of Greece and the neighboring Etruscans, who were
also greatly influenced by Greek art via trade.
- The Romans,
however, completely lacked a tradition of figurative vase-painting comparable
to that of the ancient Greeks, which the Etruscans had also emulated.
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- One by one Rome defeated both the persistent Sabines and the nearby Etruscan and Latin cities.
- With this success in hand they managed to bring together a coalition of several of Rome's enemies, but by 282 BCE, Rome finished off the last vestiges of Etruscan power in the region.
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- The city supplied poorer civilizations with simple products (such as pottery, metallic objects, and ornamentations), often displacing the local manufacturing, and meanwhile brought its best works to wealthier civilizations (such as the Greeks and Etruscans).
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- Traditional scholarship says the wolf-figure is Etruscan, 5th century BCE, with figures of Romulus and Remus added in the 15th century CE by Antonio Pollaiuolo.
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- These gave rise to the various Hindu calendars, as well as to the ancient Roman calendar, which contained very ancient remnants of a pre-Etruscan ten-month solar year.