The Turn in Tuscany
How the Romans Superseded the Etruscans

Early Etruscan Civilization
Exact origins are unclear. * The Greek historian __________held that the Etruscans were from Lydia in Asia-Minor. * Other ancient scholars such as Dionysius and Hellanicus believed them to be the Pelasgians from the ________. * Still others were sure they indigenous to the _______ peninsula. * In the nineteenth century, it was discovered that most of the languages of Europe belonged to one language family called Indo-European but Etruscan was not one of them.
By ___ BC, the Etruscans had built many major cities through-out the Italic peninsula. Rome is thought to have been one of them.
Etruscan Technology The Etruscans were more highly advanced than their Italic neighbors. They: * Built some of the, if not the, first _____and _______. * Pioneered the____. * Mastered _________Engineering: * Sewers * Large scale drainage and _____control * Underground canals * Written language. * _______.
Religion in Etruscan Society * They believed that life was governed by many deities. * Held a belief in the________. * Followed a complex code of _______ known as the "disciplina etrusca”.
Rule over the Romans * The Etruscans occupy Rome from ___-___BCE. * They built temples, shrines and roads. * Drained and reclaimed the area that would later hold the _____ _____. * Introduced public games to the Romans. Such as _______ _______. * Exposed the Roman society to the _____.
The Shift of Power * By ___ BCE the Romans had turned the tables on the Etruscans and were firmly in power over the whole of the Italic peninsula. * The Romans did to the Etruscans what they would do to countless civilizations for the next several hundred years. Take their gods, architecture, art, and any other technologies; and make them Roman. * This ability to _______ and _______ other cultures gave the Romans the innate ability to survive for another 986 years. * The Etruscans, on the other hand, seem to have been unable to adapt fast enough to deal with the rapidly growing Roman power.