Lucy Shipley

Yeah, Vesuvius area, exactly. And it's just fascinating that this huge long Etruscan inscription is actually found there rather than kind of somewhere that you'd really expect. So it's just showing that people are writing Etruscan. Presumably, if you're writing Etruscan, you're also going to be able to read the Etruscan. And we can see that happening there, which is really interesting.

Yeah, Vesuvius area, exactly. And it's just fascinating that this huge long Etruscan inscription is actually found there rather than kind of somewhere that you'd really expect. So it's just showing that people are writing Etruscan. Presumably, if you're writing Etruscan, you're also going to be able to read the Etruscan. And we can see that happening there, which is really interesting.

You can also see it in kind of burial styles. Beautiful, famous painted tombs at Paestum and the Tomb of the Diver, really very Etruscan kind of influenced in the styling.

You can also see it in kind of burial styles. Beautiful, famous painted tombs at Paestum and the Tomb of the Diver, really very Etruscan kind of influenced in the styling.

You can also see it in kind of burial styles. Beautiful, famous painted tombs at Paestum and the Tomb of the Diver, really very Etruscan kind of influenced in the styling.

also in sort of pottery you can see it in place names i think all those things show that this is a really etruscan influence area it's hard to tease apart politically what that might mean like are these people who are part of can we call it an etruscan empire i don't want to are we seeing some heavy influence are we seeing actual people going there and kind of

also in sort of pottery you can see it in place names i think all those things show that this is a really etruscan influence area it's hard to tease apart politically what that might mean like are these people who are part of can we call it an etruscan empire i don't want to are we seeing some heavy influence are we seeing actual people going there and kind of

also in sort of pottery you can see it in place names i think all those things show that this is a really etruscan influence area it's hard to tease apart politically what that might mean like are these people who are part of can we call it an etruscan empire i don't want to are we seeing some heavy influence are we seeing actual people going there and kind of

governing this, it's really tricky to pull apart the actual day-to-day nature of what it would have been like living in this Etruscan influence, not Etruscan-administered southern extent of that area. In the middle of this, we have Rome. We've talked to the north, we've talked to the south, we've talked all about the Western Mediterranean trading world,

governing this, it's really tricky to pull apart the actual day-to-day nature of what it would have been like living in this Etruscan influence, not Etruscan-administered southern extent of that area. In the middle of this, we have Rome. We've talked to the north, we've talked to the south, we've talked all about the Western Mediterranean trading world,

governing this, it's really tricky to pull apart the actual day-to-day nature of what it would have been like living in this Etruscan influence, not Etruscan-administered southern extent of that area. In the middle of this, we have Rome. We've talked to the north, we've talked to the south, we've talked all about the Western Mediterranean trading world,

Rome is kind of sitting smack in the middle of this. And if we go back to our Demaratus story in Livy, we have this very lovely, again, it's a really sort of fairy tale narrative about how the Etruscan kings, very clear that these are conceived of as kings, end up in Rome. So

Rome is kind of sitting smack in the middle of this. And if we go back to our Demaratus story in Livy, we have this very lovely, again, it's a really sort of fairy tale narrative about how the Etruscan kings, very clear that these are conceived of as kings, end up in Rome. So

Rome is kind of sitting smack in the middle of this. And if we go back to our Demaratus story in Livy, we have this very lovely, again, it's a really sort of fairy tale narrative about how the Etruscan kings, very clear that these are conceived of as kings, end up in Rome. So

Demaratus from Corinth settles in Tarquinia, marries a very rich, influential Etruscan woman from a kind of highly important, one of these elite Etruscan families, marries her, they have children, things are going well. And his son marries another very powerful Etruscan woman who has this reputation as a kind of seer. That's how she's presented in Lydia. And again,

Demaratus from Corinth settles in Tarquinia, marries a very rich, influential Etruscan woman from a kind of highly important, one of these elite Etruscan families, marries her, they have children, things are going well. And his son marries another very powerful Etruscan woman who has this reputation as a kind of seer. That's how she's presented in Lydia. And again,

Demaratus from Corinth settles in Tarquinia, marries a very rich, influential Etruscan woman from a kind of highly important, one of these elite Etruscan families, marries her, they have children, things are going well. And his son marries another very powerful Etruscan woman who has this reputation as a kind of seer. That's how she's presented in Lydia. And again,

It's kind of a trope with the Etruscans. There's a book describing them as the most religious of people. So there's this idea that they're kind of mystical. They understand things that others don't. And this young man, Lucius Tarquinius, he marries this woman called Tanaquil, and they decide to go and seek their fortune elsewhere.

It's kind of a trope with the Etruscans. There's a book describing them as the most religious of people. So there's this idea that they're kind of mystical. They understand things that others don't. And this young man, Lucius Tarquinius, he marries this woman called Tanaquil, and they decide to go and seek their fortune elsewhere.

It's kind of a trope with the Etruscans. There's a book describing them as the most religious of people. So there's this idea that they're kind of mystical. They understand things that others don't. And this young man, Lucius Tarquinius, he marries this woman called Tanaquil, and they decide to go and seek their fortune elsewhere.