Quotes: Thus the Etruscans, now all but victorious, were hemmed in and cut to pieces. A very small remnant, after losing their general, made for Rome, as there was no nearer place of safety. Without arms, and in the guise of suppliants, they were kindly received and distributed amongst different houses. After recovering from their wounds, some left for their homes, to tell of the kind hospitality they had received; many remained behind out of affection for their hosts and the City. A district was assigned to them to dwell in, which subsequently bore the designation of "the Tuscan quarter." Hor Book II Chapter 14: Final Attempt to restore the Tarquins.The Etruscans as a nation were distinguished above all others by their devotion to religious observances, because they excelled in the knowledge and conduct of them. Hor Book V Chapter 1: Veii elects a king. There were no soothsayers to consult as to how to expiate them, owing to the hostile attitude of the Etruscans, Hor Book V Chapter 15: War with Veii. The Rise of the Alban Lake. Mission to Delphi. It stood recorded in the Books of Fate, and had been handed down by the Occult Science of the Etruscans, that whenever the water of the Alban Lake overflowed and the Romans drew it off in the appointed way, the victory over the Veientines would be granted them; until that happened the gods would not desert the walls of Veii. Hor Book V Chapter 15: War with Veii. The Rise of the Alban Lake. Mission to Delphi. As a matter of fact, Gauls crossed into Italy two centuries before they attacked Clusium and took Rome. Hor Book V Chapter 33: The Migrations of the Gauls into Italy. The Alpine tribes are undoubtedly of the same [Etruscan] stock, especially the Raetii, who had through the nature of their country become so uncivilised that they retained no trace of their original condition except their language, and even this was not free from corruption. Hor Book V Chapter 33: The Migrations of the Gauls into Italy. Other links: Museo Gregoriano Etrusco I Museo Gregoriano Etrusco II Etruria Greeks and Etruscans in Early Italy Etruscan and South Italian Vases The History of Etruria Etruria
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