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Lucy Shipley

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
423 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

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.

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

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.

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

And we have these amazing kind of

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

And we have these amazing kind of

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

And we have these amazing kind of

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

brave markers from the first century BC that end up in Tunisia and they're still demonstrably Etruscan after all this time and in a completely different space and there's this idea that they might be Etruscan refugees from the social wars that kind of end up here which is really That's like a revolt a late on revolt isn't it where the Etruscans and others kind of try to

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

brave markers from the first century BC that end up in Tunisia and they're still demonstrably Etruscan after all this time and in a completely different space and there's this idea that they might be Etruscan refugees from the social wars that kind of end up here which is really That's like a revolt a late on revolt isn't it where the Etruscans and others kind of try to

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

brave markers from the first century BC that end up in Tunisia and they're still demonstrably Etruscan after all this time and in a completely different space and there's this idea that they might be Etruscan refugees from the social wars that kind of end up here which is really That's like a revolt a late on revolt isn't it where the Etruscans and others kind of try to

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

Yeah, just get the band back together for one last time because it's really gone well for us in the past. But I think it's, yeah, it's fascinating, isn't it? And they keep popping up again and again. And something that really spoke to me recently, I reread to my daughter, she's 10, I read her The Eagle of the Knife. Where is Marcus the Quiller from? He's from Clusium. He's an Etruscan.

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

Yeah, just get the band back together for one last time because it's really gone well for us in the past. But I think it's, yeah, it's fascinating, isn't it? And they keep popping up again and again. And something that really spoke to me recently, I reread to my daughter, she's 10, I read her The Eagle of the Knife. Where is Marcus the Quiller from? He's from Clusium. He's an Etruscan.

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

Yeah, just get the band back together for one last time because it's really gone well for us in the past. But I think it's, yeah, it's fascinating, isn't it? And they keep popping up again and again. And something that really spoke to me recently, I reread to my daughter, she's 10, I read her The Eagle of the Knife. Where is Marcus the Quiller from? He's from Clusium. He's an Etruscan.

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

Even in these most iconic places, That's a long way from kind of Livy and the hardcore archaeology, but it's just that kind of ghost of Etruscan people that continues on. And I think we could almost have a whole episode about the afterlives of the Etruscans. She says, plugging herself to come back in, you know... to talk about the afterlives of the Etruscans because they're so important.

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

Even in these most iconic places, That's a long way from kind of Livy and the hardcore archaeology, but it's just that kind of ghost of Etruscan people that continues on. And I think we could almost have a whole episode about the afterlives of the Etruscans. She says, plugging herself to come back in, you know... to talk about the afterlives of the Etruscans because they're so important.

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

Even in these most iconic places, That's a long way from kind of Livy and the hardcore archaeology, but it's just that kind of ghost of Etruscan people that continues on. And I think we could almost have a whole episode about the afterlives of the Etruscans. She says, plugging herself to come back in, you know... to talk about the afterlives of the Etruscans because they're so important.

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

They continue to be really influential into the Renaissance when they're rediscovered. I've argued in publications that they influence the way that different Renaissance artists painted and depicted the human form. I just think their continued legacy is so fascinating. they never really go away. They're still there and they're still important.

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

They continue to be really influential into the Renaissance when they're rediscovered. I've argued in publications that they influence the way that different Renaissance artists painted and depicted the human form. I just think their continued legacy is so fascinating. they never really go away. They're still there and they're still important.

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

They continue to be really influential into the Renaissance when they're rediscovered. I've argued in publications that they influence the way that different Renaissance artists painted and depicted the human form. I just think their continued legacy is so fascinating. they never really go away. They're still there and they're still important.

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

There's this lovely story about it's an Etruscan seer who tells Caesar not to go to the Senate. And it's Etruscan priests, Etruscan harispices that are really a problem for Christians when they're taking over in Rome. And they even pop up really late. There's a Pope who's trying to work out what to do in the face of a threat on the city.

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

There's this lovely story about it's an Etruscan seer who tells Caesar not to go to the Senate. And it's Etruscan priests, Etruscan harispices that are really a problem for Christians when they're taking over in Rome. And they even pop up really late. There's a Pope who's trying to work out what to do in the face of a threat on the city.

The Ancients
Fall of the Etruscans

There's this lovely story about it's an Etruscan seer who tells Caesar not to go to the Senate. And it's Etruscan priests, Etruscan harispices that are really a problem for Christians when they're taking over in Rome. And they even pop up really late. There's a Pope who's trying to work out what to do in the face of a threat on the city.