Tag: Etruscans
The Early Republic: the conquest of Veii and the sack of Rome (ca. 400-386 BCE)
The Early Republic: the wars of the fifth century BCE (part 1)
The Early Republic: the constitution of the fifth century BCE (part 1)
The Roman Age of Kings: the Etruscan kings (ca. 616-509 BCE)
The Roman Age of Kings: the Etruscans and their influence on Rome (ca. 900-509 BCE)
Discussions about the origins of the Etruscans go all the way back to Antiquity. The Romans called their neighbours Tusci or Etrusci, while the Greeks called them Tyrrhenoi.[1] Most classical authors believed that the Etruscans were originally Lydians who, at some point in history, had migrated from Asia Minor to…
The Roman Age of Kings: the first kings (ca. 753-616 BCE)
Arezzo: Amphitheatre and National Archaeological Museum
The Republican Roman army
Rome began as a collection of villages on several hills near the river Tiber. Life there was neither comfortable, nor safe. War was always looming. Neighbouring tribes and cultures envied Rome for its favourable position on the Tiber, from which it controlled the salt trade in Central Italy. Rome itself…