At a time when early Roman and other Latin tribes were still primitive, Etruscan society ' itself savage in many respects ' was also aristocratic and highly sophisticated.
The Roman and Latin tribes learnt from the Etruscans.
mnli hypothesis: The Roman and Latin tribes learnt from the Etruscans. premise: At a time when early Roman and other Latin tribes were still primitive, Etruscan society ' itself savage in many respects ' was also aristocratic and highly sophisticated.