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 Etruscans were a bunch of barbarians.
mnli hypothesis: The Etruscans were a bunch of barbarians. 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.