Etruria
Sign in to savethumb|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.
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Etruria was an ancient region in Central Italy (in what is now Tuscany and surrounding areas) that was home to the Etruscans, a sophisticated civilization that thrived from around the 8th century BC until they were absorbed into the Roman Republic in the 4th century BC. It matters as a key period in Italian history that bridged pre-Roman Italy and the rise of Rome, with the Etruscans influencing Roman culture and society before their assimilation.
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- Etruscan Etruria
- Territorial subdivision of Etruria
- Cities of Etruria
- Roman Etruria
- Etruria in modern history
- Further reading
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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.
==Etruscan Etruria== The ancient people of Etruria are identified as Etruscans. Their complex culture centered on numerous city-states that arose during the Villanovan period in the ninth century BC, and they were very powerful during the Orientalizing Archaic periods.