KEY IDEAS

• From the Tuscany area of Northern Italy before the Romans. Once the Romans gained significant power, the Etruscans were assimilated into the Roman Empire and eventually given Roman citizenship.

• Influenced by the Archaic time period of the Greeks but avoid nudity.

• What we know of the Etruscans is from their tombs (tumuli) which are part of larger necropoli.

• Tumuli are round structures with a door leading to an interior that is brightly painted to reflect a domestic space.

• Death is focused on the celebration of life.

• Literary tradition is mostly lost. Vitruvius, an ancient historian wrote about the Etruscans' history.

• Temples are built of mud brick and stone, unlike the Greeks.

• Sculptures are created out of terra-cotta, stucco, and bronze.

• Northern Italy, pre Roman era

• Once the Romans gained power, they were assimilated into Roman culture

• What we know is from their tombs, as little else survives

• Death rituals are a celebration of life.

• Sculptures were made of Terra-cotta

• Pantheon of gods