etruscan|etruscans in English

noun

[E·trus·can || ɪ'trʌskən]

inhabitant of Etruria

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1. The kings of Rome who had been trying to disassociate from the Etruscans were in continuous Belligerencies with them and in the year 510 BC, in alliance with the Greeks from Syracuse defeated the Etruscans at Veius, (Veio in Italian) a rich and prosperous Etruscan town 10 miles North-West of Rome.

2. Bulla, characteristic Etruscan ornamental pendant

3. Etruscan Bulla depicting Icarus Roman Bullae

4. Prayers and offerings for the dead were practiced by the Etruscans.

5. The Etruscans created fine art with terra cotta, or baked clay.

6. As one source says, “the Etruscans always loved a monster.”

7. The Romans adopted the practice of wearing Bullae from the Etruscans

8. The Etruscans created fine art with terra cotta, or beitbaked clay.

9. Apartments and Villas a stone's throw from the beaches of Riva Etruscan!

10. However the Etruscan forces eventually fled the field, the Romans claiming the victory.

11. These soldiers were the staple unit after Rome threw off Etruscan rule.

12. The Etruscans soon engaged in active commerce, which they boosted through piracy and warfare.

13. Descended from wild cabbage native to the Mediterranean coast, Broccoli was bred by the ancient Etruscans.

14. There is no *safin- in Etruscan, a word Conjectured from an Italic ethnonym

15. The fifty-six Etruscan, Greek, and Italic carved Ambers date from around 650 to 300 B.C

16. Etruscans and Greek settlers produced wine in Italy before the Romans planted their own vineyards in the 2nd century BC.

17. About 60 words are known, but some were borrowed from Latin (liber.tos. < libertus) or Etruscan.

18. Variants of the name “Astarte” can be found in the Phoenician, Hebrew, Egyptian and Etruscan languages

19. 25 The exhibition organisers have preferred to explore the social, political and religious mechanisms of the Etruscan confederation of city-states.

20. In stark contrast with the Greeks or Romans, women in Etruscan society enjoyed a position of social equality.

21. The old town is wonderful, streets, buildings, main square, etruscan remains, but this Baptistery (and the cathedral) are only nice

22. Achilleus (Greek Ἀχιλλεύς transliterated Akhilleus Roman: Achilles, Etruscan; Achle or Achile) was a hero of the Greeks (Achaeans) in the legends of the Trojan War, i.e

23. The right bank of the Tiber was occupied by the Etruscan city of Veii, and the other borders were occupied by Italic tribes.

24. Ceremony (n.) late 14c., cerymonye, "a religious observance, a solemn rite," from Old French ceremonie and directly from Medieval Latin ceremonia, from Latin caerimonia "holiness, sacredness; awe; reverent rite, sacred Ceremony," an obscure word, possibly of Etruscan origin, or a reference to the ancient rites performed by the Etruscan pontiffs at Caere, near Rome.

25. Definitions for Aruspex (n.) One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods.