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Etruscan

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Where it ruled

Mediterranean · 3 known sites

The civilization

The Etruscans ( ih-TRUSK-ən) created a civilization in Etruria in ancient Italy, with a common language and culture, and formed a federation of city-states. After adjacent lands had been conquered, its territory covered, at its greatest extent, roughly what is now Tuscany, western Umbria and northern Lazio, as well as what are now the Po Valley, Emilia-Romagna, south-eastern Lombardy, southern Veneto and western Campania. A large body of literature has flourished on the origins of the Etruscans, and the consensus among modern scholars is that the Etruscans were an indigenous population. The earliest evidence of a culture that is identifiably Etruscan dates from about 900 BC.

Field notes

period
900 BCE — 27 BCE
region
Mediterranean
known sites
3

Sites of this civilization

Cerveteri
Cerveteri
Tarquinia
Tarquinia
Veii
Veii

Related civilizations

Thracian Thracian 1,000 BCE — 46 BCE Phoenician-Punic Phoenician-Punic 1,200 BCE — 146 BCE Roman Roman 753 BCE — 476 CE Nuragic Nuragic 1,800 BCE — 238 BCE Greek Greek 800 BCE — 146 BCE Iberian Iberian 600 BCE — 19 BCE
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