When we think about Italy, we automatically think of Rome. However, Rome wasn’t the only ancient civilization in Italy. There were actually quite a few. However, none influenced Rome like Etruscan. Hopefully, this post will spread some light on a civilization often living in the shadows of rome.

The Etruscans dominated Italy before the rise of rome. In fact, rome was once under the rule of the Etruscans as shown in the picture above. Not much is known of their history because they spoke a language that was not indo-European. The Etruscans were from what is now known as turkey. Which is why thier language was different than their neighbours.

Italy was divided by many civilizations before rome eventually unified them all. However, the Etruscans were one of the first pre-rome Italians to unify mulitple Italian states. Plus, they are probably the one few in history that can say they conquered Rome’s capital.

As mentioned before, most of the Etruscans’ language and culture died out when Rome conquered. Since, most just adopted Latin and Roman customs. Eventually, the Etruscan simulated into Roman society and were forgotten. Within generations, you couldn’t tell the difference from an Etruscan and a Roman.

What we know about the Etruscans’ culture is through tombs, art and what they left behind. A lot of their pottery was heavy influenced by Greece. They even had gods similar to the greek. The Etruscan religion had some influence to the Roman gods as well. Romans learned how to build arches from the Etruscans. The Etruscans even laid a foundation for the roman sewers. The city of Roman and the Roman architecture are imprints left behind by the Etruscans.
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I love the art!
yeah, it’s cool. always loved the greek influence
Wow thanks for sharing about what you are learning. I didn’t know that the Etruscans originally came from modern day Turkey. How interesting! Are there any sources you recommend for further reading about this?
no problem. here are some links https://www.britannica.com/topic/Etruscan
https://www.ancient.eu/Etruscan_Civilization
Great! Thank you for the resources.
Anytime! Thank you for reading
sent links for simple reads. there are several books on them. this is a good start The Etruscan language
Book by Giuliano Bonfante
Wow this was a really informative and interesting post 😮 Thanks for sharing 😀
No problem! thank you for reading!!
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I’ve visited some Estruscan sites in Italy. Really interesting!
wow! that must had been awesome! sadly, when i went twice had no idea who these people were. i hope to go back some day
This is really an eye opener for novice like me on Italian history.
Great informative post
thanks haha im no expert, i just have family living over there and we visit a few times. italy always interest me
My kids were recently studying the fall of the Roman Empire – this was a great read 🙂
Thank You so much! hopefully you learned something as well!
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Wow that is interesting! Can’t wait to read about it!
Another great read…
It’s also the reason why Italy has 34 languages and over 300 dialects (no one know the correct number), but ‘Italian’ is the standard language. I wrote a post on this after living in Italy for several years – form an ‘outsider’s view’.
thank you so much! didnt know italy had 34 languages. it’s similar to Spain and Spanish. thank you for spreading light on this
Yes, a lot of people don’t realise and the reason why my brain is meshed up with loads of different “Italian” and dialects! Check out my post and you’ll understand more…
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Informative thnx to share
no problem! thank you for reading!
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Very interesting information on the past of Italy 🙂