Before Rome came the Etruscans - they were the dominant culture in ancient Italy in the centuries before Rome's imperial expansion. But how did they fall?In this episode of the Ancients, Tristan Hughes is joined by archeologist Lucy Shipley to chronicle the decline of this once mighty ancient superpower that ruled the Mediterranean for hundreds of years. Together, they dive into the rich archaeological evidence that the Etruscans have left behind, including tomb paintings and pottery and explore how the legacy of Etruscan culture endured under harsh Roman rule.To listen to Lucy's previous appearance on The Ancients - The Etruscans - click herePresented by Tristan Hughes. Audio editor is Aidan Lonergan, the producer is Joseph Knight. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.The Ancients is a History Hit podcast.Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. You can take part in our listener survey at https://uk.surveymonkey.com/r/6FFT7MK.All music courtesy of Epidemic Sound
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When someone says ancient Italy, many would think immediately of Rome, of this mighty ancient superpower that ruled the Mediterranean for hundreds of years.
But there was also a time in ancient history when Rome wasn't the Italian superpower that we regularly think of today, but in fact was dominated by another neighbouring people, a people centred to the north in present-day Tuscany that were, for several centuries, a major player in the western Mediterranean, the Etruscans.
Today, they're seen as a rather mysterious ancient Italian culture, but the archaeological record for them is rich, particularly in their burials, in their tomb paintings, in their pottery, and so on. Their popularity amongst you ancients listeners is high.
In a recent poll we released on Spotify, we asked which overlooked civilisation you wanted us to cover next, and the Etruscans ended up on top. It was the Etruscans who the Romans would topple as the leading power in central Italy. Stories about which would become embellished with myths and heroic legends retold by later Roman writers like Livy. So what do we know about the Etruscan decline?
What does the literature tell us? And also, what does the archaeology tell us? How do the Etruscans go from major players in the western Mediterranean to subjects of Rome? That is what we're going to cover today. It's The Ancients on History Hit. I'm Tristan Hughes, your host, and joining me to talk through the fall of the Etruscans is the author and Etruscan expert, Dr Lucy Shipley.
Now, I've interviewed Lucy once before, two years ago, all about the origins and the rise of the Etruscans in the early first millennium BC. We will put a link to that episode in the description of this one because this is almost a continuation of that episode. We've done the origins and rise, now we're doing the zenith and fall of the Etruscans.
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