My frustration with them stems from stupidity, mainly. I find them occasionally useful, but also troublesome, though not to the extent of vassals in Shogun 2. For instance, according to paintings of married women at banquets and their accompanying inscriptions, Etruscan women were fairly equal to men in comparison to other contemporary cultures.None have so far turned on me, but I think it's possible. These paintings tell us a lot about Etruscan life and social attitudes. Sometimes, the tombs also depict famous battles. Artists used bright, vibrant colors that still blaze on tomb walls today, depicting scenes of music, hunting, sports, processions, dining, and dancing. The paintings were applied either directly to the tomb wall, or otherwise to a thin base layer of plaster. The tomb paintings were a luxury that could only be afforded by the rich. Most Etruscan art dates to the early 7th century BC. Later, when Rome conquered Italy, Etruscan sorcerers were highly prized members of Roman households.īut the Etruscans were most famous for their art, namely their gorgeous tomb paintings, bucchero pottery, and bronze working. The Etruscans were famous for their augury (omen-reading from birds and weather), and haruspicy (reading the entrails of sacrificed animals). They had their own pantheon, but also readily adopted the Greek pantheon, which would eventually translate to the Romans. They were a polytheistic society, worshiping all sorts of gods that were thought to govern everyday life. The cities traded with each other, fought each other, and competed over resources and trade routes. Different Etruscan cities met annually in what was called “The Etruscan League”, much like Greece’s “Peloponnesian League”. The Etruscan government began as a monarchy, but eventually evolved into a sophisticated oligarchy, or rule of a few elite members of society. They traded iron tools and weapons, Etruscan pottery, gold, and silver across the Alps to the Carthaginians, Phoenicians, Greeks, and other nations, and imported slaves, raw materials, and Greek pottery. The Etruscans dominated Italy, trading with other flourishing cultures like Greece and the Near East. Over four centuries, these little villages of huts grew into bustling ancient metropolises. The Romans would like you to believe that that’s how they found the Etruscans, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. They herded pigs, sheep, and cattle, and farmed all sorts of wheat crops.
Originally, they just lived one-room huts on the Italian plateau. The Etruscans lived just north in Rome, in Tuscany. Well, they were called the Etruscans, and they had their own fully-formed, complex society before the Romans came barging in. In most history classes, the story of Italy begins with the Romans, but the Romans weren’t the first people to live in ancient Italy.
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