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 Translation for 'Etruscans' from English to French
NOUN   an Etruscan | Etruscans
ethn.hist.
Étrusques {m.pl}
Etruscans
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Translation for 'Etruscans' from English to French

Etruscans
Étrusques {m.pl}ethn.hist.
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Usage Examples English
  • The Etruscans had established political control in the region by the late 7th-century BC, forming the aristocratic and monarchial elite.
  • Etruscology is the study of the ancient civilization of the Etruscans in Italy, which was incorporated into an expanding Roman Empire during the period of Rome's Middle Republic.
  • The Etruscans, Samnites and Umbrians crossed the Apennine Mountains and advanced near Sentinum (in the Marche region, near modern Sassoferrato).
  • Finally, Camillus arrived at Satricum where the population had just been expelled by the Etruscans.
  • The Etruscans inhabited the area from the 6th century BC and called it Hurta, as testified by the findings in a necropolis nearby, now preserved in the Vatican Museums.

  • The Etruscans continued to use the necropolis. Subsequently, the Etruscan population must have assimilated to a new Roman population in parallel with the assimilation of Etruscans on the mainland.
  • Mass Celtic incursions into the Po valley resulted in friction between the Gauls and Etruscans and intermarriage, attested by epigraphic inscriptions on which Etruscan and Celtic names appear together.
  • The origins of the town are unclear, though it was likely founded by the Etruscans.
  • The Etruscans, Samnites, and Umbrians crossed the Apennine Mountains and approached Sentinum.
  • Some cities were founded by Etruscans in prehistoric times, and bore entirely Etruscan names.

  • Its name derives from the Greek name for the Etruscans, first mentioned by Hesiod in the 8th century BC who described them as residing in central Italy alongside the Latins.
  • Mass Celtic incursions into the Po valley resulted in friction between the Gauls and Etruscans and intermarriage, attested by epigraphic inscriptions on which Etruscan and Celtic names appear together.
  • The Etruscans attacked immediately before Volterra.
  • A 2019 genetic study published in the journal "Science" analyzed the autosomal DNA of 11 Iron Age samples from the areas around Rome concluding that Etruscans (900–600 BC) and the Latins (900–500 BC) from Latium vetus were genetically similar.
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