Etruscan Italy
Subtitle: Etruscan Influences on the Civilizations of Italy from Antiquity to the Modern Era (M. Seth and Maurine D. Horne Center for the Study of Art Scholarly Series)
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: August 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 411
ISBN-13: 9780842523349
Subjects: European history: BCE to c 500 CE; Italy - History; History & Theory; History; History - General History; Italy; History: World; History & Theory - General; Anthropology - Cultural; Europe - Italy; Etruscan influences; Civilization; Etruscans
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Description: Livy describes the Etruscans as filling the whole of ancient Italy with their power and influence. While Etruscan rule throughout large parts of the Italian peninsula endured for but a few centuries, Etruscan influence was so extensive that in some respects it continues into the present. Outside the Etruscan heartland, Rome itself was perhaps the best preserver of things Etruscan.

The fourteen essays comprising this volume explore Etruscan Italy and examine the influence exerted by Etruscan civilization upon the cultures of Italy in Roman and post-Roman times. Represented are contributions from various disciplines which converge to employ multiple methodologies in a comprehensive approach to delineating the enduring themes of Etruscan Italy.