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A Short History of the Etruscans (Hardcover)
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A Short History of the Etruscans (Hardcover)
Series: Short Histories
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Of all civilizations of the ancient Mediterranean, it is perhaps
the Etruscans who hold the greatest allure. This is fundamentally
because, unlike their Greek and Latin neighbours, the Etruscans
left no textual sources to posterity. The only direct evidence for
studying them and for understanding their culture is the
archaeological, and to a much lesser extent, epigraphic record. The
Etruscans must therefore be approached as if they were a
prehistoric people; and the enormous wealth of Etruscan visual and
material culture must speak for them. Yet they offer glimpses, in
the record left by Greek and Roman authors, that they were literate
and far from primordial: indeed, that their written histories were
greatly admired by the Romans themselves. Applying fresh
archaeological discoveries and new insights, Corinna Riva
engagingly conducts the reader through the birth, growth and demise
of this fascinating and enigmatic ancient people, whose nemesis was
the growing power of Rome. Exploring the 'discovery' of the
Etruscans from the Renaissance onwards, she discusses the
mysterious Etruscan language, which long remained wholly
indecipherable; the Etruscan landscape; the 6th-century growth of
Etruscan cities and Mediterranean trade; religion and ritual;
sanctuaries and monumental grave sites; and the fatal incorporation
of Etruria into Rome's political orbit.
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