Villanovan peoples lived in the areas of green.

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Villanovan peoples lived in the areas of green.
Living during the time of the Iron Age, 12th
century B.C. The Etruscans came from these
peoples or are the result of invasion from the
north or the Near East.
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Etruscan civilization is the modern English name
given to the culture and way of life of a people
of ancient Italy and Corsica, residing between
the Apennines and the River Tiber, whom the
ancient Romans called Etrusci or Tusci. Modern
day Tuscany comes from this name also. 800-100
BC
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The Etruscans had their own language and the
civilization endured from an unknown prehistoric
time prior to the founding of Rome until its
complete assimilation to Italic Rome in the Roman
Republic which started in 509 B.C.
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During the 7th century, the Greeks infiltrated
Italy in such great numbers that this area became
known as Magna Graecia
pink Etruscans yellow Greeks
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The Etruscans influence Expanded mainland and
western Mediterranean Sea. due to
mining metal copper iron
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Due to expansion, problems Collided with
Phoceans, who are Greeks
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Etruscans allied themselves with
Carthaginians Who also collided with the Greeks
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The naval Battle of Alalia between 540 BC and
535 BC off the coast of Corsica between
Phocaeans and allied Etruscans and Carthaginians.
The Punic-Etruscan fleet of 120 ships defeated
the Greek force of sixty ships
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nearby colony of Alalia (now Aléria) was taken
over by the Etruscans. Corsica was shared by
the Carthaginians and Etruscans, Carthage
retained Sardinia.
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Aleria, Corsica
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Etruscan Expansion
There is quite a lot of evidence that early Rome
was ruled by Etruscans until the Romans sacked
the city of Veii in 396 BC.
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This was once the main Etruscan road leading to
the Tiber Valley and Rome.
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Necropolis at Cerveteri
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Chimera
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