who were the earliest inhabitants of italy
Roman Empire. The first significant settlement of people on the Italian Penninsula came from the Greeks. The first time the the Greeks touched foot on modern Italian soil was up to 5000 years ago in 3000 BC. But the first settlements were set up from 800 BC-700 BC and only on the southernmost mart of the penninsula.he people occupying Italy at the time were a less advanced form of humans called home erectus. These humans were thought to have live fairly close to were Rome was first established. Flint axes were found at a site caled Torrimpietra that is to the west of Rome (kidipede).