Lucy Shipley

It's also a kind of religious practice. We can see Rome honing its playbook, this religious tolerance, that it's okay to believe in your traditional religion as long as it actually doesn't get in the way with what we're wanting from you. So Etruscan religion is still really important. And some of the most famous archaeological artefacts that we have

that tell us about Etruscan religion actually date from this later period. There's this amazing bronze liver from Piacenza, which is quite far north in Etruscan sphere of influence. It's amazing. It's a bronze model of a sheep's liver. You do get these from the ancient Near East. This is very much an Etruscan one.

that tell us about Etruscan religion actually date from this later period. There's this amazing bronze liver from Piacenza, which is quite far north in Etruscan sphere of influence. It's amazing. It's a bronze model of a sheep's liver. You do get these from the ancient Near East. This is very much an Etruscan one.

that tell us about Etruscan religion actually date from this later period. There's this amazing bronze liver from Piacenza, which is quite far north in Etruscan sphere of influence. It's amazing. It's a bronze model of a sheep's liver. You do get these from the ancient Near East. This is very much an Etruscan one.

It's divided into 16 different areas, which seem to be connected with different astrological houses. And these are all related to these different Etruscan deities. So you have Selva on the Fufluns, Etruscan Dionysus. Try saying that carefully, Fufluns. And Kel, this Etruscan kind of earth deity as well. So that's just this extraordinary piece of Etruscan religious background.

It's divided into 16 different areas, which seem to be connected with different astrological houses. And these are all related to these different Etruscan deities. So you have Selva on the Fufluns, Etruscan Dionysus. Try saying that carefully, Fufluns. And Kel, this Etruscan kind of earth deity as well. So that's just this extraordinary piece of Etruscan religious background.

It's divided into 16 different areas, which seem to be connected with different astrological houses. And these are all related to these different Etruscan deities. So you have Selva on the Fufluns, Etruscan Dionysus. Try saying that carefully, Fufluns. And Kel, this Etruscan kind of earth deity as well. So that's just this extraordinary piece of Etruscan religious background.

fabric that we have from this later period really famous so like when i spoke to you last it's just been discovered the sanctuary at san casiano de bagni which is a province of siena these amazing bronze statues that had just been uncovered and this combination of etruscan and latin inscriptions we see these votive figurines as well you know these are all later things it's clearly a huge part of people's lives just continuing these these remote sanctuaries

fabric that we have from this later period really famous so like when i spoke to you last it's just been discovered the sanctuary at san casiano de bagni which is a province of siena these amazing bronze statues that had just been uncovered and this combination of etruscan and latin inscriptions we see these votive figurines as well you know these are all later things it's clearly a huge part of people's lives just continuing these these remote sanctuaries

fabric that we have from this later period really famous so like when i spoke to you last it's just been discovered the sanctuary at san casiano de bagni which is a province of siena these amazing bronze statues that had just been uncovered and this combination of etruscan and latin inscriptions we see these votive figurines as well you know these are all later things it's clearly a huge part of people's lives just continuing these these remote sanctuaries

Also, we have respect for property. So an amazing archaeological discovery, the Cortona tablets. So these were found in 1992. The story goes they were found on a building site and brought in to the police, but there's kind of a bit of a, were they really from that building site suggestion? And it's a bronze tablet in different pieces.

Also, we have respect for property. So an amazing archaeological discovery, the Cortona tablets. So these were found in 1992. The story goes they were found on a building site and brought in to the police, but there's kind of a bit of a, were they really from that building site suggestion? And it's a bronze tablet in different pieces.

Also, we have respect for property. So an amazing archaeological discovery, the Cortona tablets. So these were found in 1992. The story goes they were found on a building site and brought in to the police, but there's kind of a bit of a, were they really from that building site suggestion? And it's a bronze tablet in different pieces.

It's about 200 words long, which doesn't sound like a lot, but for the Etruscans, that'll do nicely. And what it's talking about is dealing with an inheritance, dealing with land being split up among different people. So there's a vineyard and it belongs to the Cusi family. And it's being given to another person called Atruscavus and his wife.

It's about 200 words long, which doesn't sound like a lot, but for the Etruscans, that'll do nicely. And what it's talking about is dealing with an inheritance, dealing with land being split up among different people. So there's a vineyard and it belongs to the Cusi family. And it's being given to another person called Atruscavus and his wife.

It's about 200 words long, which doesn't sound like a lot, but for the Etruscans, that'll do nicely. And what it's talking about is dealing with an inheritance, dealing with land being split up among different people. So there's a vineyard and it belongs to the Cusi family. And it's being given to another person called Atruscavus and his wife.

So potentially these independent Etruscan women are still there. She's important enough to be mentioned in this document. There's a list of witnesses. There's also the magistrate, talked about Etruscan magistrates. He's named Lausica, these Etruscan names are continuing. So this is long after the Roman supposed conquest, but Etruscan law, you know, it's hard, isn't it?

So potentially these independent Etruscan women are still there. She's important enough to be mentioned in this document. There's a list of witnesses. There's also the magistrate, talked about Etruscan magistrates. He's named Lausica, these Etruscan names are continuing. So this is long after the Roman supposed conquest, but Etruscan law, you know, it's hard, isn't it?

So potentially these independent Etruscan women are still there. She's important enough to be mentioned in this document. There's a list of witnesses. There's also the magistrate, talked about Etruscan magistrates. He's named Lausica, these Etruscan names are continuing. So this is long after the Roman supposed conquest, but Etruscan law, you know, it's hard, isn't it?

You can't kind of say, oh, Etruscan law as if it's like British law today, but the way that Etruscan land management practices are managed is still happening under this Roman rule. So that's really interesting. I just think there's an awful lot of continuation. And even onwards into kind of the first century BC, we can see that Etruscan ideas and Etruscan behavior is still happening in Etruria.