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Etruscans
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ancient civilization on the Appenine Peninsula
The Etruscans were an ancient civilization that flourished on the Apennine Peninsula before being absorbed into the Roman Republic. They matter because they represent an important pre-Roman culture whose art, religion, and social practices influenced the development of early Rome and Western civilization.
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Vinony files it under 9th-century BC establishments, Ancient peoples of Italy and Archaeological cultures in Italy.
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Wikidata facts
- Native language
- Etruscan
- Religion
- Etruscan mythology
- Image
- Closeup of engraving depicting Pollux tying the defeated Amykos to a tree on the Ficoroni Cista Bronze 340-330 BCE made by Novios Plautios from Palestrina National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia.jpg
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- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Etruscans
- topic's main category
- Category:Etruscans
- OpenStreetMap tag
- historic:civilization=etruscan
- time period
- classical antiquity
- uses
- human sacrifice
- indigenous to
- Italy
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- culture
- Etruscan culture
- studied by
- etruscology
- has works in the collection
- Musée Saint-Raymond
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Today part of Italy
Vatican City
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