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• Lazio
  ...ally non-[[Indo-European people|Indo-European]]. It was dominated by the [[Etruscans]], both culturally and politically, but was a region with many local cultur ...quite a bit of local imperialism and eventually they united against the [[Etruscans]] and [[Samnites]], fighting a series of wars which ended in 338 BCE with t
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• Tuscany
  ===Etruscans=== The [[Etruscan civilisation|Etruscans]] were the first major [[civilisation]] in this region of Italy; large enou
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• History of Tuscany
  The name, Tuscany came from the first culture there, the [[Etruscans]].
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• Campania
  ...unded at [[Cumae]], north of present day Naples, in the 8th century BCE. [[Etruscans]] and [[Samnites]] gave way to the expanding [[Roman Republic]].
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• Timeline of ancient Rome
  * [[496 BC]] – Rome defeats the [[Etruscans]] at the [[battle of Lake Regillus]] * [[311 BC]] – [[Etruscans]] join the Samnites against Rome.
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• History
  ===Etruscans=== ...]]. They were a monogamous society that emphasized pairing. The historical Etruscans had achieved a state system of society, with remnants of the chiefdom and t
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• Ischia
  ...n the [[8th century BC]] to establish an [[emporium]] for trade with the [[Etruscans]] of the mainland. Because of its fine harbor, the settlement of Pithecusae ...BC]] [[Hiero I of Syracuse]] came to the aid of the Cumaeans against the [[Etruscans]] and defeated them on the sea. He occupied Ischia and the surrounding [[P
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• Perugia
  ...irst mentioned in the account of the war of 310 BC or 309 BC between the [[Etruscans]] and the [[Roman Empire|Romans]]. It took, however, an important part in t
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• Siena
  ...] hill towns, was first settled in the time of the [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscans]] (circa 900BC to 400BC) when it was inhabited by a tribe called the Saina. The Etruscans were an advanced people who changed the face of central Italy through their
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• Lipari
  ...or la Cittade. The colony successfully fought the [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscans]] for control of the Tyrrhenian. Allied with Syracuse at the time of the fa
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• Modena, Italy
  ...e [[Villanovan]]s in the [[Iron Age]], and later by [[Ligurian]] tribes, [[Etruscans]], and the [[Gaulish]] [[Boii]] (the settlment itself being Etruscan). Alth
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• Roman Kingdom
  ...him as his son. Upon becoming king, he waged wars against the Sabines and Etruscans, which doubled the size of Rome and brought great treasures to the city. ...e his father-in-law before him, Servius fought successful wars against the Etruscans. He used the treasure from the campaigns to build the first walls to fully
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• Art of Italy
  ==The Etruscans==
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• Sardinia
  ...rrhenian Sea]], dividing into what were to become the Sardinians and the [[Etruscans]].
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• Florence
  ...shops built upon its edges, held up by stilts. First constructed by the [[Etruscans]] in ancient times, this bridge is the only one in the city to have survive
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• Rimini
  ...an area that had previously been inhabited by the [[Etruscan civilization|Etruscans]], the [[Umbri]]ans, the [[Greeks]] and the [[Gauls]], the [[Roman Republic
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• Ancient Rome
  ...lished political control in the region by the late [[7th century BC]]. The Etruscans apparently lost power in the area by the late [[6th century BC]], and at th ...radually subdued the other peoples on the Italian peninsula, including the Etruscans. The last threat to Roman [[hegemony]] in Italy came when [[Taranto|Tarentu
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• Brescia
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• Modena
  ...e [[Villanovan]]s in the [[Iron Age]], and later by [[Ligurian]] tribes, [[Etruscans]], and the [[Gaulish]] [[Boii]] (the settlement itself being Etruscan). Alt
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• Italian wine
  ...which is home to some of the oldest wine-producing regions in the world. [[Etruscans]] and [[Greeks|Greek]] settlers produced wine in the country long before th
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