Etruria

thumb|right|300px|Map showing Etruria and Etruscan colonies as of 750 BC and as expanded until 500 BC Etruria ( ) was a region of Central Italy delimited by the rivers Arno and Tiber, an area that covered what is now most of Tuscany, northern Lazio, and north-western Umbria. It was inhabited by the Etruscans, an ancient civilization that flourished in the area from around the 8th century BC until they were assimilated into the Roman Republic in the 4th century BC.

thumb|mosaic of actors in tragic scene from Lorium (Altes Museum Berlin) thumb|300px|Villa delle Colonnacce thumb|Villa delle Colonnacce thumb|Cistern of Villa delle Colonnacce, 2nd-3rd c. AD thumb|Fresco, villa delle Colonnacce (Rome, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme)

ancient city in Etruria