Lucy Shipley

Oh, thank you so much. I'm thrilled to be back.

Oh, thank you so much. I'm thrilled to be back.

Oh, thank you so much. I'm thrilled to be back.

I think it's always more complicated than that. I'm sure if you ask any of your guests, they're going to say, oh, it's always a bit more complicated than that. And I'm not going to be the exception.

I think it's always more complicated than that. I'm sure if you ask any of your guests, they're going to say, oh, it's always a bit more complicated than that. And I'm not going to be the exception.

I think it's always more complicated than that. I'm sure if you ask any of your guests, they're going to say, oh, it's always a bit more complicated than that. And I'm not going to be the exception.

And I'm going to be naughty as well because I know that you want to talk about the fall of the Etruscans, but I just want to take a little bit of time to really enjoy them at their height because it's such an easy thing to do, isn't it? We talk about the rise and the origins and then we're straight through the good part and then on to the destruction and the end.

And I'm going to be naughty as well because I know that you want to talk about the fall of the Etruscans, but I just want to take a little bit of time to really enjoy them at their height because it's such an easy thing to do, isn't it? We talk about the rise and the origins and then we're straight through the good part and then on to the destruction and the end.

And I'm going to be naughty as well because I know that you want to talk about the fall of the Etruscans, but I just want to take a little bit of time to really enjoy them at their height because it's such an easy thing to do, isn't it? We talk about the rise and the origins and then we're straight through the good part and then on to the destruction and the end.

And I don't want to just race to the ending. I want to really... examine and go into all the ways in which the Etruscans were really flourishing at their peak, if that's okay.

And I don't want to just race to the ending. I want to really... examine and go into all the ways in which the Etruscans were really flourishing at their peak, if that's okay.

And I don't want to just race to the ending. I want to really... examine and go into all the ways in which the Etruscans were really flourishing at their peak, if that's okay.

Yep. Reminders for everybody that is kind of not listened to, not listened to the first part of the Etruscans episode as a warm-up for this. Come on, people. So we are talking central Italy. The heartland of the Etruscans is that land between the River Tiber, the river that flows through Rome, and the River Arno that flows through Florence, if that gives you a nice little boundary.

Yep. Reminders for everybody that is kind of not listened to, not listened to the first part of the Etruscans episode as a warm-up for this. Come on, people. So we are talking central Italy. The heartland of the Etruscans is that land between the River Tiber, the river that flows through Rome, and the River Arno that flows through Florence, if that gives you a nice little boundary.

Yep. Reminders for everybody that is kind of not listened to, not listened to the first part of the Etruscans episode as a warm-up for this. Come on, people. So we are talking central Italy. The heartland of the Etruscans is that land between the River Tiber, the river that flows through Rome, and the River Arno that flows through Florence, if that gives you a nice little boundary.

What we're going to be talking about today is the kind of period where they're at their absolute height. So we are talking about So we'll probably start around 600 BC, and then we'll roll forwards in time from there.

What we're going to be talking about today is the kind of period where they're at their absolute height. So we are talking about So we'll probably start around 600 BC, and then we'll roll forwards in time from there.

What we're going to be talking about today is the kind of period where they're at their absolute height. So we are talking about So we'll probably start around 600 BC, and then we'll roll forwards in time from there.

So I think in our last episode, we talked a lot about historical texts, the issue of the Etruscans being featured in a lot of other people's historical texts, but not leaving us very much of their own writings, although we know they were writing.

So I think in our last episode, we talked a lot about historical texts, the issue of the Etruscans being featured in a lot of other people's historical texts, but not leaving us very much of their own writings, although we know they were writing.