

The ancient Greek writer Herodotus (widely considered to be the first historian) believed that the Etruscans descended from Anatolian and Aegean peoples who fled westward following a famine in what is now western Turkey. However, not much was known about the geographical origins of the Etruscans or their enigmatic, partially-understood language - making them the subject of more than 2,400 years of intense debate. (Image credit: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Īrchaeologists have long known that the Etruscans had bequeathed to the later Roman Republic their religious rituals, metalworking, gladiatorial combat and the innovations in architecture and engineering, which transformed Rome from a once crude settlement into a great city. OL8676181W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 73.61 Pages 74 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20221129210215 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 116 Scandate 20221128023732 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780976917809 Tts_version 5.An Etruscan bronze figurine depicting Sleep (Hypnos) and Death (Thanatos) carrying away Sarpedon after he was slain by Patroclus during the Trojan War.


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