Lucy Shipley

Yeah. So whether it's kind of complacency or this conception of these people as actually they're too addicted to their wine. We jokingly talked in the Lucretia story about these Etruscan women as the party girls.

Yeah. So whether it's kind of complacency or this conception of these people as actually they're too addicted to their wine. We jokingly talked in the Lucretia story about these Etruscan women as the party girls.

But there is that kind of perception that comes through the sources that these people were not serious enough to defend their boundaries, which I think is quite insulting and it's quite ridiculous. It's almost like it's a trope, isn't it? It's a trope to say why they were defeated in the end.

But there is that kind of perception that comes through the sources that these people were not serious enough to defend their boundaries, which I think is quite insulting and it's quite ridiculous. It's almost like it's a trope, isn't it? It's a trope to say why they were defeated in the end.

But there is that kind of perception that comes through the sources that these people were not serious enough to defend their boundaries, which I think is quite insulting and it's quite ridiculous. It's almost like it's a trope, isn't it? It's a trope to say why they were defeated in the end.

But I think there probably is a little element of when you are very successful, it's very easy to sit back and enjoy the fruits of that success. And then maybe when times change, kind of hungry dogs run faster is what they say, isn't it? There's these rivalries coming up.

But I think there probably is a little element of when you are very successful, it's very easy to sit back and enjoy the fruits of that success. And then maybe when times change, kind of hungry dogs run faster is what they say, isn't it? There's these rivalries coming up.

But I think there probably is a little element of when you are very successful, it's very easy to sit back and enjoy the fruits of that success. And then maybe when times change, kind of hungry dogs run faster is what they say, isn't it? There's these rivalries coming up.

So one of the really interesting elements of the archaeology that I think tracks the kind of, if we want to start talking about the decline of the Etruscans, one of the really interesting ways of doing that is to look at tomb paintings. And I know I said that I didn't want to talk about burial archaeology, but I'm going to do it because it's so fascinating.

So one of the really interesting elements of the archaeology that I think tracks the kind of, if we want to start talking about the decline of the Etruscans, one of the really interesting ways of doing that is to look at tomb paintings. And I know I said that I didn't want to talk about burial archaeology, but I'm going to do it because it's so fascinating.

So one of the really interesting elements of the archaeology that I think tracks the kind of, if we want to start talking about the decline of the Etruscans, one of the really interesting ways of doing that is to look at tomb paintings. And I know I said that I didn't want to talk about burial archaeology, but I'm going to do it because it's so fascinating.

So Tarquinia is somewhere we talked about a lot in the first episode. It's this Etruscan city on a high tufa plateau and dug into the rock are these amazing painted tombs. I think if most people know the Etruscans, they'll know these painted tombs and they're beautiful. Honestly, go and Google them. Go Google image search them now.

So Tarquinia is somewhere we talked about a lot in the first episode. It's this Etruscan city on a high tufa plateau and dug into the rock are these amazing painted tombs. I think if most people know the Etruscans, they'll know these painted tombs and they're beautiful. Honestly, go and Google them. Go Google image search them now.

So Tarquinia is somewhere we talked about a lot in the first episode. It's this Etruscan city on a high tufa plateau and dug into the rock are these amazing painted tombs. I think if most people know the Etruscans, they'll know these painted tombs and they're beautiful. Honestly, go and Google them. Go Google image search them now.

And there's 200 of these things and the earliest ones are from about 540, 520 and then they carry on through the next kind of 200 years. But if we look at the motifs that are used to paint those tombs, what we can see is a real shift and a change in what they're portraying. So it starts off with kind of mythological scenes.

And there's 200 of these things and the earliest ones are from about 540, 520 and then they carry on through the next kind of 200 years. But if we look at the motifs that are used to paint those tombs, what we can see is a real shift and a change in what they're portraying. So it starts off with kind of mythological scenes.

And there's 200 of these things and the earliest ones are from about 540, 520 and then they carry on through the next kind of 200 years. But if we look at the motifs that are used to paint those tombs, what we can see is a real shift and a change in what they're portraying. So it starts off with kind of mythological scenes.

There's the scene, very famous one, the Tomb of the Bulls, one of the earliest ones, the ambush of Troilus by Achilles. You have these amazing nine trees with different changing seasons represented on them, the passage of time. Yeah, there's this kind of sexual figures as well. It depends on your view. Are these kind of fertility related? Are they comic relief? Are they, you know, apotropaic?

There's the scene, very famous one, the Tomb of the Bulls, one of the earliest ones, the ambush of Troilus by Achilles. You have these amazing nine trees with different changing seasons represented on them, the passage of time. Yeah, there's this kind of sexual figures as well. It depends on your view. Are these kind of fertility related? Are they comic relief? Are they, you know, apotropaic?

There's the scene, very famous one, the Tomb of the Bulls, one of the earliest ones, the ambush of Troilus by Achilles. You have these amazing nine trees with different changing seasons represented on them, the passage of time. Yeah, there's this kind of sexual figures as well. It depends on your view. Are these kind of fertility related? Are they comic relief? Are they, you know, apotropaic?