Even alphabetical writing has been transmitted to European people in this way. The beautiful exposition in Bologna describes, with many findings and a good display, the fundamental role of the Etruscans in the process of orientalisation. Etruscan people were intermediaries between Greek colonies in the south of Italy and Celtics populations in central Europe. The findings on display show on detail the flow of ideas and objects in the Mediterranean islands, through the Etruscan people and than to continental Europe. The powerful Etruscan aristocracy has a central role in this process.
Etruscan princes justify their power through luxury and splendour deriving from oriental courts.
English version by Simona Piselli Etruscan Princes, from the 1st of October to the 1st of April, 2001.