1. The Mysterious Etruscans
The Romans: Chapter 1 Case Study

2. Etruscan Roman Italy
‘Etruscan civilization map’ by NormanEinstein, based on a map from the National Geographic Magazine Vol.173 No.6, June Licensed
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3. Etruscan hilltop cities: Bagnoregio (in Lazio) was built atop a steep hill, even today the only access is on an arched footbridge
‘Civita di Bagnoregio’. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons:
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4. What did the Etruscan kings do for Rome?
Site of the
Lapis Niger and
first paving of
Rome
The Regia was
an Etruscan-style
palace, built in
stone
Rome’s first
sewer
The Vicus Tuscus =
Etruscan section of town.
It ran from the Regia to
the Forum Boarium.
‘Platner-forum-republic-96 recontructed color’ by Original diagram by Samuel Ball Platner, scan by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D., alterations by Mark James Miller –
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5. Triumphing, Etruscan style: 6th century BC Etruscan chariot
Monteleone Chariot
found in Perugia
c. 530 BC.
Now in the Met,
New York.
"Etruscan chariot wheel" by Unknown. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons -

6. Etruscan bucchero: black pottery
Late 7th/early 6th C. BC
wine jug: note the
curved lip for
pouring.
Bull’s head wine jug, mid 6th C. BC, with decorated edges. It
looks almost like an
Egyptian canopic jar.
‘Oichoneo in bucchero etruria meridionale, fine VII, inizio VI secolo ac.’ by sailko. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons: File:Oichoneo_in_bucchero_etruria_meridionale,_fine_VII,_inizio_VI_secolo_ac.
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‘Museo archeologico di Firenze, Oinochoe con testa di toro, Chiusi prima
metà del VI sec. a.c. 1’. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5
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7. The Liver of Piacenza Selva: Silvanus
Image reproduced with the kind permission of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies IMAGO database.

8. ‘ Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
vowed in 509 BC at the top of the Capitoline Hill
Unlike Greek temples, which
were designed symmetrically
for a single god, this Etruscan temple held three gods in a clear
hierarchy: Jupiter in the centre,
Juno and Minerva on the sides.
Note the large porch for
observing auguries.

9. Tomb of the Triclinium, Monterozzi Necropolis in Tarquinia (c. 470 BC)
The whole room is ornately painted (left)
with a band of diners depicted on the back
wall and intricate dancing scenes
(see below) on the left in dramatic, almost
ecstastic postures (gettin’ jiggy with it).
This ‘close up’ scene from the corner of the
left wall represents a different portrayal of
gender in the dancers, with a tanned, bare-
chested male about to take hands with a light-
skinned, ornately dressed woman. The dancers touch but do not make eye contact.
‘Etruskischer Meister 002’ by Unknown - The Yorck Project: Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, ISBN Distributed by
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10. Sarcophagus of the Spouses now in the Louvre (early 6th C. BC)
Gender stereotypes are colourfully presented:
the husband is depicted with tanned skin,
blond hair and a dark beard, while his wife
has lighter skin, dark hair and a decorated tunic.
Her right arm is angled towards his left arm and
in front of them is skin for wine.
What were they holding? Cups? Oils? Perfume?
The figures were modelled separately then
placed together.