The Etruscans

The Etruscans are one of history's extraordinary casualties. For many centuries they flourished exuberantly in central Italy, only to be completely absorbed into the growing Roman state. Their power, at its height, extended well beyond their borders: they were known and feared by Romans and Greeks alike. Their arresting visual culture was second to none in the peninsula, embracing complex funerary and domestic architecture, tomb-painting, narrative art, and jewellery of great luxury and refinement. Their cities grew to notable size and sophistication." "But they wrote no connected account of themselves that survives, and so this book focuses on three types of evidence for reconstructing Roman society: the extremely rich archaeological data, the accounts of Greek and Roman writers, and the inscriptions on Etruscan monuments. Book jacket.  

1. The Landscape -2. Origins - 3. Sources and Society - 4. Cultural Transformations -5. Settlement and Territory -6. Subsistence and Economy  7. Life, Cult, and Afterlife  8. Romanization -- Appendix. Etruscan Places -- A Rough Guide

Includes bibliographical references and index