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The Etruscans were a fascinating civilization pre-dating the Romans that have had an incredible impact on Italy’s history. \u00a0They resided and thrived for thousands of years in central Italy in the regions or territories now known as Lazio<\/a>, Umbria<\/a> and Tuscany<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As distinguished by its unique language, this civilization endured from before the time of the earliest Etruscan inscriptions (c. 700 BC) until its assimilation into the Roman Republic in the late 4th century BC.<\/p>\n

Culture that is identifiably Etruscan developed in Italy after about 800 BC approximately over the range of the preceding Iron Age Villanovan culture. The latter gave way in the 7th century to a culture that was influenced by ancient Greece, Magna Graecia, and Phoenicia.<\/p>\n

At its maximum extent, during the foundational period of Rome and the Roman Kingdom, Etruscan civilization flourished in three confederacies of cities: of Etruria, of the Po Valley with the eastern Alps, and of Latium and Campania.<\/p>\n

After 500 BC, the political destiny of Italy passed out of Etruscan hands.
\nThe latest mitochondrial DNA study (2013) shows that Etruscans appear to fall very close to a Neolithic population from Central Europe and to other Tuscan populations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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