History of Umbria

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|Amiternum, an ancient city founded by the Sabines right|thumb|Map showing the location of the Sabines. The border with Latium to the south was the Aniene river; however, it is possible that Sabines extended to Lake [[Regillus slightly to the south of it near Gabii.]]

Ancient Roman road

thumb|Ethnolinguistic map of Italy in the Iron Age, before the Roman expansion and conquest of Italy.

small independent Italian state (1440–1826)

bronzes highlighted in The MET collection

1831 republic in parts of Italy

region of Augustan Italy

Orvieto, Italy – used from 1262 to 1297

conspiracy plot against Cesare Borgia in 1502, by his own captains and allies, which ended with the massacre of the rebels in Senigallia