How nice that you're reminded of that...I always used to watch National Geographic, on Friday or Saturday nights, when I stayed at my grandparents house, around 8pm. Back when there were never more than like 10 channels broadcasting in 1 area, at once, and the TVs had buttons, or dials to switch channels! Nat Geographic, was Grandpa's, "program". Your comment was great, made me nostalgic, too! Your grandparents have helped shape your mind nicely!
Beautifully done documentary! I’ve been enamoured with the Etruscans for decades ever since I came across a description of them in an encyclopedia in my uncle’s study when I was a kid. 🇮🇹🇨🇦
This was the best documentary on the Etruscans, I am so fascinated by them, they celebrated life as well as death, wish there was more information on their civilization.
Etruscan art is nothing short of amazing! Realism in their sculpture is breathtakingly beautiful, and the couple on the sarcophagus is especially poignant.
The material winners are violent, depicted in history as the only ones matter. But the material losers, of which we don't here much, did write the history of human development, being connected above all. They have shown us an important lesson: You are not what you possess, but what you do. The Etruscans were our grandfathers, nobody can undo that.
True and well said. As humanity we know whom are the true victors and keepers of knowledge and history and good spirit. To just be the victor by destruction and the taking of knowledge from without care is to be the victors undoing in time for themselves. The ongoing needlessness is insanity. And what of prophecy to think or speak of it does it become so or a foretelling from wisdom or spirit of god?! The eternal wonder and reminder of just one’s existence.
We've traced our Italian ancestors back to the 1st century. I'll be doing some deeper investigation into the possibility my blood line may start with Etruscan blood. When we do our DNA, it points directly to the Etruria region and no where else. We've gone back thru Nola as well. So cool. At the Met in NYC you can see an entire Etruscan art scene. It is apparent when you go thru the museum and reach the Roman area, that Romans copied but couldn't improve on Etrurian art and culture, so they just stole it.
beautifully told, thank you, just one thing if I may the etruscans had settled Etruria at least 6000 - 10000 years ago and pre date Greeks, phoenicians, Egyptians etc.,
One of my absolute favorite books is Mika Waltari's The Etruscan (or Turms the immortal). It is very long, but I recommend it to everybody who wats to "live in" the culture of that era.
very good, I think on the connection with the Rhaetian culture, I think both the Etruscan and Rhaetian are likely remnants of the earlier Neolithic farming folk of the Po River valley etc. Otzi the Iceman being an early example of such. The Terramare folk being a pre-Indo-European speaking folk and good example of early farming culture of Po, possible connection with Pelasgian speakers, as there are tales from old Greece of some coming from there, due to expulsion, and arriving at mouth of Po after a sea journey.
I will explain who they are exactly: The discovery of Tartessos has been one of the most important recent discoveries in Mediterranean archaeology, showing that the Tartessians were in many ways the equivalent of the Etruscans in Italy. So far they have only been known from a couple of obscure reference in Herodotos, but now archaeology is uncovering this remarkable civilisation, comparing Tartessos with the Etruscans. Both cultures are considered to be unknown mysteries, both languages are undicifered yet based on the Phoenician alphabet, AND both belonged to the same world's trade route of their Phoenician (Canaanites) partners: Tyre --> Tarsus --> Cartage --> Etruria --> Tartessos Tarshish is not just a name of one place, it is a nation, a greek sub-race of people, and all that proves that the people of Tarsus-anatolia, Etruscans of Italy & Corsica, and the Tartessians of south Spain, Gibraltar are in fact one people who gave their name to all 3 places: TARSHISH The geographer Strabo states that Tarsus was founded by people from Argos who were exploring this coast- another proof of Greek origins. Recent DNA research appears to show that at least part of the Etruscan population was related to people in Asia Minor, similar DNA tests on goats and cattle suggest Herodotus was right about Anatolian origins Old languages have called Etruscans by different names. The Romans calledthem Tursci or Etrusci. In Attic Greek they were called Tyrrhenians. The related name Teresh was used by the Egyptians, who also knew them as "Sea People" DNA analysis of Etruscan remains has revealed their links to northern Anatolia, whereTroy was located. The latest genetic finds in a few isolated towns in Tuscany have showncloser genetic ties to ancient Anatolia among the living population, unlike what is common in the rest of Italy. That points to their earlier home, before their coming to Italy. And since the Dardanoi derived their name from Dardanus (Dodanim), the founder of Dardania, an ancient city in the Troad, and Rule of the Troad was divided between Dardania and Troy + Homer makes a clear distinction between the Trojans and the Dardanoi- means that: Troy = Etruscan colony Dardania = Dorian colony -->2 sub-races of Greeks (Yavan) The root for Tarshish in the Semitic hebrew language of the bible is RSS, which quite resembles the name the Etruscans used for themselves: Rasana
Kiss&Tell most of those people in that area West Europe are decendens of Phoenicians who use to travel all over that area Duran biblical times. Celt's Irish Scottish Moors and those people as well. Groups many times change their names to from new nation deferent from grand par. That's why the more set up comp in Iberian peninsula because Phoenicians colonizing years ago. Ancient family members.
One of my favorite group of Ethnic Peoples and Cultures to learn about. The Romans get credited with many of the Creations of Etruscans, Aquaducts, Concrete, the Culture, (but Romans made it Patriarchal, (Male Dominated), Etruscans had a balanced male/female Society.
I've been fond of the Etruscan civilization ever since my first trip to Italy in 2000. My friend Mauro, an artist living in Tuscany, refers to his wife as his Etruscan beauty, which was the first time I'd ever heard of the Etruscan people. His wife is from Massa Marittima, which was an Etruscan town thousands of years ago, so there is no doubt in my mind that he is correct and that she has Eturian blood in her veins. I'm curious if you have a bibliography for the quotes used in the documentary? I'd love to read them in their entirety. Thank you!!!
Having had the fortune to spend most of my times in Italy in Toscana and in these very towns of Etruria. I watch this video over and over and send it to friends. As I don't know how to read Russian and can't read the credits, I would love to know more about the soundtrack, especially the oboe concerto. Haunting.
Just the the town name can tell you where they coming from even in this days Albanian language can explain it Etruria in modern Albanian language meaning E-tyria meaning theirs !!! Like their town;)
These amazing people gave Rome the knowledge to become more powerful, to be better people, and Rome used it to wipe them out. The Etruscans had aqueducts, ways to know the future, how to pave roads and ceremonial dance to ask their gods for help. Rome feared them because of their knowledge. There must have been some Etruscans who survived, but never formed a city again. I've wondered if they came to Italy from the Aegean after Thera (Santorini) erupted and had thrown that part of the world into chaos. The people left before the eruption. The time lines up well. Just a thought.
🇮🇹👍🏻THE INFLUENCE OF THE ETRUSCANS ON THE ROMANS: THIS IS HOW ETRURIA SHAPED ROME (google translate) There was a people who influenced the Romans like no other: the Etruscans. The Etruscan civilization was one of the first civilizations, from 900 BC to 100 BC, to consistently inhabit and shape the area of Italy ranging from Tuscany to Lazio. They are a little known people, which was largely forgotten, until some archaeological finds revealed a complex culture, a powerful state and a unique refinement. The Etruscans made a decisive contribution to the history of Europe, shaping the "very first Rome" in many ways, and leaving a substantial legacy, which the Romans would never forget. The Etruscans resided in ancient Italy, in the area of modern Tuscany and northern Lazio. Their civilization, probably preceded by what archaeologists call Villanovian, flourished from 1000 BC to 100 BC. They were endowed with a unique language and culture compared to the landscape of their period, and it seems that Etruscan society was essentially composed of a warrior aristocracy who ruled a larger rural population. The wealth of the Etruscan people was almost certainly based on rich natural resources: Etruria was in fact rich in copper and gold and the whole landscape was dotted with mines. The Etruscans had an excellent degree of technical knowledge and metallurgy and were renowned for their ability to work metals and their ability to create ceramic objects. Their skills ranged in different fields, achieving great results even in art, becoming sculptors and artists of extraordinary level, for their period. The Etruscans were also known as excellent sailors, who regularly sailed the Mediterranean and who had at their disposal advanced knowledge of navigation and orientation at sea. A flourishing civilization like the Etruscan one could not fail to clash with a city-state in full expansion like Rome. The city of Rome was also very attractive to the Etruscans, who in this way would have had an excellent strategic base in Lazio, a new access to the sea and a more advanced border towards southern Italy. In the middle of the Roman monarchical period, the Etruscans took complete control of the city, even if there are no certain elements and some aspects are lost between history and legend. According to the Stories of Tito Livio, Tarquinio Priscus was the first Etruscan king of Rome and was the successor of the last king of Latin origin. He was an aggressive and warlike monarch who nevertheless, thanks to a series of very successful military campaigns, considerably enlarged the territory of Rome, even if he was later assassinated by a palace conspiracy. Even the King of Etruscan origin Servio Tullio was fundamental for Rome: skilled leader and head of the Latin League, the most important military alliance in central Italy at that time, Servio Tullio gave Rome a considerable and irreplaceable impulse, above all for having operated the first census of Roman history, and having elaborated a military and social reform that would have constituted fundamental elements of Roman society. Also by Servio Tullio are the homonymous walls, the Servian walls, which for centuries constituted a fundamental defense for the city and of which, even today, some traces remain. The last King of Rome, an Etruscan, would have been Tarquinius the Superb, capable of establishing a dictatorial regime that was unbearable for the Romans, who would have rebelled and would have fought a series of battles, eventually coming to overthrow the monarchy and replace it with the Republic. The Etruscan kings were great builders and were able to give a considerable boost in transforming Rome from a small settlement to a real city-state. The Etruscans were great engineers and exceptional builders. Probably the Romans learned a lot from them, especially at the level of urban planning and engineering: clear evidence is found in the Roman architectural style, which is certainly influenced by the Etruscans, especially for their most famous architectural solution: the arch. The Tarquins also built a series of sewers in Rome which were fundamental for the development of the city. Several swamps surrounding the area were also drained and this allowed the Romans to decrease epidemics and cultivate more land to feed the growing population. Last but not least, many of the buildings and the most ancient Roman public works can certainly be traced back to the Etruscan period. This means that the intervention of the Etruscans was important in shaping the urban planning of early Rome, helping the Romans to create those fundamental spaces that would become the center of their subsequent city and political life. Little is known about the nature of the Etruscan religion, and consequently it is very difficult to establish the exact influence of the Etruscan religion on the Roman one. However, we certainly know that the Romans adopted various Etruscan divinities and rites, incorporating them into their cults in a stable manner. The Etruscans passed on to the Romans some fundamental traditions, such as the interpretation of divine signs and prophecies, and religious figures such as fortune-tellers. For example, it was the Etruscans who gave the Romans the figure of the Aruspice: they were priests able to interpret the will of the Gods through the examination of the organs of sacrificed animals, the flight of birds but also the way in which some chickens sacred people ate their food. It was also the Etruscan king Tarquinio Priscus who bought the so-called "Sibylline Books" from an ancient and well-known fortune teller, the Cumaean Sibyl, which became a prophetic literature consulted by Roman generals and emperors until the last years of the Western Roman Empire. Even after the expulsion of the Etruscan kings and the proclamation of the Republic, the traditions of this great people influenced the Romans in a decisive way. Until the entire republican period, the Etruscan population mixed with the Roman one, providing a huge amount of farmers, soldiers, taxes, weapons. The Etruria area was, for example, fundamental for the recruitment of soldiers during the Second Punic War, demonstrating how much that people and that territory were still fundamental even centuries after their conquest. The Etruscans can be perfectly considered the predecessors of the Romans, both for their influence on the Italian territory and for the refinement of culture and society. Modern studies do not allow us to affirm with certainty that the Etruscans paved the way for complete Roman domination over the world, but certainly fundamental elements of Roman society cannot fail to be traced back to the Etruscans, to whom the Romans are indebted for irreplaceable pieces of their society.
The Etruscan graves in Tarquinia very much resembles the Leleg graves in Halicarnassus (Bodrum) area in Turkey. Lelegs were ancient people, whom we know almost nothing about. The Luwi on the southern Aegean on the other hand, were using cuniform alphabet, but not a single word of their tablets could be deciphered so far. Maybe Lelegs and Luwis moved to Tuscany long time ago? Or the opposite...
It would be normal to call this people like they call themselves.They call themselves "Rasseni",and that mean Serbians.Ras is the one of the oldest place in Serbia.They use the same letters like we using in Serbia today.
I'd listen to the priest and the liver prognostications before Fauci and his Covid declarations. The priest would be more accurate. Nov. 2021 Thank you for this beautiful and respectful presentation. I was truly moved by these people and the delicacy and finesse of the little left to us. Rome ruthlessly stole people, cultures and ideas and expanded on them. Cerment aside, they had few of their own. Pat
They were Turks. In Turkey we believe asena who is son of female wolf. Etruscan were rasenna. Tanrı is name of god in Turkish in old Turkish it was tingri . Etruscan god was tinia. Our tingri was god of sky too.
Etruscans language is not forgotten, they wrote Roman letters, but the meaning of Russian. And scientists know that, but it's not acceptable to say, !!!
This language has already been deciphered The key is an old Balkan syllable language that is still alive. The Etruscan writings spoke for themselves. you have the writings there, decipher them if you can. they do not move from there. Do not speak until you have deciphered it in another way. thelosttruth.altervista.org/lenigma-dei-pelasgi-e-degli-etruschi/
@@thatboiiijedi2279 "In conclusion, our study sheds light on five main aspects of Italian population history. First, individuals associated with the Etruscan culture carried a high proportion of steppe-related ancestry, despite speaking a non-Indo-European language. " Posth C, Zaro V, Spyrou MA, et al. The origin and legacy of the Etruscans through a 2000-year archeogenomic time transect. Sci Adv. 2021;7(39):eabi7673. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abi7673
The city of Rama was built by the Etruscans dedicated to the God RAMA. Etruscans are a tribe from India, Scythians -subtribe of the Asuras who are originally from Rarh since ancient times, settled in Iran etc and eventually reached/established Etruria including Roma
You missed a well done depiction of this ancient culture. What I liked best about the video was that it was Etruscan-centric, rather than Roman-centric like almost all our texts about Italy have been-as though Rome's violence is somehow to be admired. I much prefer the more peaceful, spiritual focus of the Etruscans.
Well that's silly. The title card was in what appears to be Russian and you're offended by what's obviously someone whose first language isn't English making such a simple mistake? How very foolish and short sighted of you. Oh boy!
They are relatives of hun - garians = huns , avars , magyars ,( look the writting of them , and the transolation of the writtings ) . Look the slit eyes , nose , size , etc . YOU WILL FIND THEY DNA - DNS IN THE CARPATIAN MOUNTAINS IN THE HUNGARIAN RACE . etc... Ps : et - öt [5] ruscians = 5 rosen [ on they original shield ] 5 relatieves [ same branch with little different style ] etchnic group after in unification , and moved to italy . Same as the alans - avars moved to french . Etc...
Christians, European Whites are funny people. They love etruscans , esp when they later see souls as eternal and is in permanent pilgrimage. But that's what Hinduism says too. Lot of Narcissist ego exists in white man even in 21 st C.
Does it bother you that Hinduism entered India from the northwest, by the same people who displaced the Harappan and that genetics has proven it beyond doubt? Just curious. 🤔
Man, this reminds me of being a young kid and watching documentaries at my grandparents’ house. So much wonder and tantalizing mystery
How nice that you're reminded of that...I always used to watch National Geographic, on Friday or Saturday nights, when I stayed at my grandparents house, around 8pm. Back when there were never more than like 10 channels broadcasting in 1 area, at once, and the TVs had buttons, or dials to switch channels! Nat Geographic, was Grandpa's, "program".
Your comment was great, made me nostalgic, too! Your grandparents have helped shape your mind nicely!
Bless you both. My memory takes me back to that place too. 🥹
I love the Etruscans, forever and a day!
I took an a fan of the Etruscans, and I'm not Italian.
Their DNA is still found in the Tuscany Region.
Beautifully done documentary! I’ve been enamoured with the Etruscans for decades ever since I came across a description of them in an encyclopedia in my uncle’s study when I was a kid. 🇮🇹🇨🇦
This was the best documentary on the Etruscans, I am so fascinated by them, they celebrated life as well as death, wish there was more information on their civilization.
Wow. I'm speechless. 👏👏👏Hands down best Etruscan Documentary on YT.
Really nice format this, really makes you dream away to the ancient past
Well put!
Etruscan art is nothing short of amazing! Realism in their sculpture is breathtakingly beautiful, and the couple on the sarcophagus is especially poignant.
Very suggestive documentary. Greetings from Italy, Tuscany
Beautifully narratied with moving musical score--well produced
Wonderful documentary. You feel a kindred spirit to these people watching this. Excellent.
Proud to be from Etruria.
aren't we all..?
a very romantic view on the Etruscans. Not even Lothlorien is this idealized.
They don’t make documentaries like this anymore. Great sense of mystery and evokes a lot of imagination within the viewer
The most beautiful historic movie I can show my children, so they would love ancient history, too. 🙏 Thank You. It makes us grow
Great history story and prophecy come true as some do. What spirit and knowledge. Yes they are with the gods for a time. Vale.
The material winners are violent, depicted in history as the only ones matter.
But the material losers, of which we don't here much, did write the history of human development, being connected above all.
They have shown us an important lesson: You are not what you possess, but what you do.
The Etruscans were our grandfathers, nobody can undo that.
True and well said. As humanity we know whom are the true victors and keepers of knowledge and history and good spirit. To just be the victor by destruction and the taking of knowledge from without care is to be the victors undoing in time for themselves. The ongoing needlessness is insanity. And what of prophecy to think or speak of it does it become so or a foretelling from wisdom or spirit of god?! The eternal wonder and reminder of just one’s existence.
We've traced our Italian ancestors back to the 1st century. I'll be doing some deeper investigation into the possibility my blood line may start with Etruscan blood. When we do our DNA, it points directly to the Etruria region and no where else. We've gone back thru Nola as well. So cool. At the Met in NYC you can see an entire Etruscan art scene. It is apparent when you go thru the museum and reach the Roman area, that Romans copied but couldn't improve on Etrurian art and culture, so they just stole it.
What is the name of the beautiful music of this video ?
Very lovely soundtrack.
Does anyone know the oboe concerto?
My Ears are like theirs and my great granfather he was huge and from that region in Mintefiascone IT. Makes sense now
beautifully told, thank you, just one thing if I may the etruscans had settled Etruria at least 6000 - 10000 years ago and pre date Greeks, phoenicians, Egyptians etc.,
may I have sources to read up on this? i would love to see
Thank you!Wonderfool !!!!
BRILIANT ! BAVO! ALL THE BEST FROM POLAND!!!
Beautifully done, mystical and magical.
One of my absolute favorite books is Mika Waltari's The Etruscan (or Turms the immortal). It is very long, but I recommend it to everybody who wats to "live in" the culture of that era.
Thank you for that recommendation. I will read it!
very good, I think on the connection with the Rhaetian culture, I think both the Etruscan and Rhaetian are likely remnants of the earlier Neolithic farming folk of the Po River valley etc. Otzi the Iceman being an early example of such. The Terramare folk being a pre-Indo-European speaking folk and good example of early farming culture of Po, possible connection with Pelasgian speakers, as there are tales from old Greece of some coming from there, due to expulsion, and arriving at mouth of Po after a sea journey.
I will explain who they are exactly:
The discovery of Tartessos has been one of the most important recent discoveries in Mediterranean archaeology, showing that the Tartessians were in many ways the equivalent of the Etruscans in Italy. So far they have only been known from a couple of obscure reference in Herodotos, but now archaeology is uncovering this remarkable civilisation, comparing Tartessos with the Etruscans.
Both cultures are considered to be unknown mysteries, both languages are undicifered yet based on the Phoenician alphabet, AND both belonged to the same world's trade route of their Phoenician (Canaanites) partners:
Tyre --> Tarsus --> Cartage --> Etruria --> Tartessos
Tarshish is not just a name of one place, it is a nation, a greek sub-race of people, and all that proves that the people of Tarsus-anatolia, Etruscans of Italy & Corsica, and the Tartessians of south Spain, Gibraltar are in fact one people who gave their name to all 3 places: TARSHISH
The geographer Strabo states that Tarsus was founded by people from Argos who were exploring this coast- another proof of Greek origins.
Recent DNA research appears to show that at least part of the Etruscan population was related to people in Asia Minor, similar DNA tests on goats and cattle suggest Herodotus was right about Anatolian origins
Old languages have called Etruscans by different names. The Romans calledthem
Tursci or Etrusci.
In Attic Greek they were called
Tyrrhenians.
The related name
Teresh
was used by the Egyptians, who also knew them as "Sea People"
DNA analysis of Etruscan remains has revealed their links to northern Anatolia, whereTroy was located. The latest genetic finds in a few isolated towns in Tuscany have showncloser genetic ties to ancient Anatolia among the living population, unlike what is common in the rest of Italy. That points to their earlier home, before their coming to Italy. And since the Dardanoi derived their name from Dardanus (Dodanim), the founder of Dardania, an ancient city in the Troad, and Rule of the Troad was divided between Dardania and Troy + Homer makes a clear distinction between the Trojans and the Dardanoi- means that: Troy = Etruscan colony
Dardania = Dorian colony -->2 sub-races of Greeks (Yavan)
The root for Tarshish in the Semitic hebrew language of the bible is RSS, which quite resembles the name the Etruscans used for themselves: Rasana
Троя не колония. Троя - это сами этруски, которые покинули Трою... После гибели Трои.
This is a beautiful documental! I will visit those places…
Kiss&Tell most of those people in that area West Europe are decendens of Phoenicians who use to travel all over that area
Duran biblical times. Celt's Irish Scottish Moors and those people as well. Groups many times change their names to from new nation deferent from grand par.
That's why the more set up comp in Iberian peninsula because Phoenicians colonizing years ago.
Ancient family members.
The Etruscans were never phoenicians, sorry.
This is beautiful. Best documentary. Am I able to buy this in a physical form?
Je suis fiere aussi etrusque pour toujour et pour l eterniter ❤
One of my favorite group of Ethnic Peoples and Cultures to learn about.
The Romans get credited with many of the Creations of Etruscans, Aquaducts, Concrete, the Culture, (but Romans made it Patriarchal, (Male Dominated), Etruscans had a balanced male/female Society.
Thank you!
you did a really really really really realy really wonderful job!
Thank you so much!
Thank you. Nice one.
I've been fond of the Etruscan civilization ever since my first trip to Italy in 2000. My friend Mauro, an artist living in Tuscany, refers to his wife as his Etruscan beauty, which was the first time I'd ever heard of the Etruscan people. His wife is from Massa Marittima, which was an Etruscan town thousands of years ago, so there is no doubt in my mind that he is correct and that she has Eturian blood in her veins. I'm curious if you have a bibliography for the quotes used in the documentary? I'd love to read them in their entirety. Thank you!!!
Having had the fortune to spend most of my times in Italy in Toscana and in these very towns of Etruria. I watch this video over and over and send it to friends. As I don't know how to read Russian and can't read the credits, I would love to know more about the soundtrack, especially the oboe concerto. Haunting.
Just the the town name can tell you where they coming from even in this days Albanian language can explain it Etruria in modern Albanian language meaning E-tyria meaning theirs !!! Like their town;)
These amazing people gave Rome the knowledge to become more powerful, to be better people, and Rome used it to wipe them out. The Etruscans had aqueducts, ways to know the future, how to pave roads and ceremonial dance to ask their gods for help. Rome feared them because of their knowledge. There must have been some Etruscans who survived, but never formed a city again. I've wondered if they came to Italy from the Aegean after Thera (Santorini) erupted and had thrown that part of the world into chaos. The people left before the eruption. The time lines up well. Just a thought.
🇮🇹👍🏻THE INFLUENCE OF THE ETRUSCANS ON THE ROMANS: THIS IS HOW ETRURIA SHAPED ROME (google translate)
There was a people who influenced the Romans like no other: the Etruscans.
The Etruscan civilization was one of the first civilizations, from 900 BC to 100 BC, to consistently inhabit and shape the area of Italy ranging from Tuscany to Lazio.
They are a little known people, which was largely forgotten, until some archaeological finds revealed a complex culture, a powerful state and a unique refinement.
The Etruscans made a decisive contribution to the history of Europe, shaping the "very first Rome" in many ways, and leaving a substantial legacy, which the Romans would never forget.
The Etruscans resided in ancient Italy, in the area of modern Tuscany and northern Lazio. Their civilization, probably preceded by what archaeologists call Villanovian, flourished from 1000 BC to 100 BC.
They were endowed with a unique language and culture compared to the landscape of their period, and it seems that Etruscan society was essentially composed of a warrior aristocracy who ruled a larger rural population.
The wealth of the Etruscan people was almost certainly based on rich natural resources: Etruria was in fact rich in copper and gold and the whole landscape was dotted with mines.
The Etruscans had an excellent degree of technical knowledge and metallurgy and were renowned for their ability to work metals and their ability to create ceramic objects.
Their skills ranged in different fields, achieving great results even in art, becoming sculptors and artists of extraordinary level, for their period. The Etruscans were also known as excellent sailors, who regularly sailed the Mediterranean and who had at their disposal advanced knowledge of navigation and orientation at sea.
A flourishing civilization like the Etruscan one could not fail to clash with a city-state in full expansion like Rome. The city of Rome was also very attractive to the Etruscans, who in this way would have had an excellent strategic base in Lazio, a new access to the sea and a more advanced border towards southern Italy.
In the middle of the Roman monarchical period, the Etruscans took complete control of the city, even if there are no certain elements and some aspects are lost between history and legend.
According to the Stories of Tito Livio, Tarquinio Priscus was the first Etruscan king of Rome and was the successor of the last king of Latin origin. He was an aggressive and warlike monarch who nevertheless, thanks to a series of very successful military campaigns, considerably enlarged the territory of Rome, even if he was later assassinated by a palace conspiracy.
Even the King of Etruscan origin Servio Tullio was fundamental for Rome: skilled leader and head of the Latin League, the most important military alliance in central Italy at that time, Servio Tullio gave Rome a considerable and irreplaceable impulse, above all for having operated the first census of Roman history, and having elaborated a military and social reform that would have constituted fundamental elements of Roman society.
Also by Servio Tullio are the homonymous walls, the Servian walls, which for centuries constituted a fundamental defense for the city and of which, even today, some traces remain.
The last King of Rome, an Etruscan, would have been Tarquinius the Superb, capable of establishing a dictatorial regime that was unbearable for the Romans, who would have rebelled and would have fought a series of battles, eventually coming to overthrow the monarchy and replace it with the Republic.
The Etruscan kings were great builders and were able to give a considerable boost in transforming Rome from a small settlement to a real city-state.
The Etruscans were great engineers and exceptional builders. Probably the Romans learned a lot from them, especially at the level of urban planning and engineering: clear evidence is found in the Roman architectural style, which is certainly influenced by the Etruscans, especially for their most famous architectural solution: the arch.
The Tarquins also built a series of sewers in Rome which were fundamental for the development of the city. Several swamps surrounding the area were also drained and this allowed the Romans to decrease epidemics and cultivate more land to feed the growing population.
Last but not least, many of the buildings and the most ancient Roman public works can certainly be traced back to the Etruscan period. This means that the intervention of the Etruscans was important in shaping the urban planning of early Rome, helping the Romans to create those fundamental spaces that would become the center of their subsequent city and political life.
Little is known about the nature of the Etruscan religion, and consequently it is very difficult to establish the exact influence of the Etruscan religion on the Roman one. However, we certainly know that the Romans adopted various Etruscan divinities and rites, incorporating them into their cults in a stable manner.
The Etruscans passed on to the Romans some fundamental traditions, such as the interpretation of divine signs and prophecies, and religious figures such as fortune-tellers. For example, it was the Etruscans who gave the Romans the figure of the Aruspice: they were priests able to interpret the will of the Gods through the examination of the organs of sacrificed animals, the flight of birds but also the way in which some chickens sacred people ate their food.
It was also the Etruscan king Tarquinio Priscus who bought the so-called "Sibylline Books" from an ancient and well-known fortune teller, the Cumaean Sibyl, which became a prophetic literature consulted by Roman generals and emperors until the last years of the Western Roman Empire.
Even after the expulsion of the Etruscan kings and the proclamation of the Republic, the traditions of this great people influenced the Romans in a decisive way.
Until the entire republican period, the Etruscan population mixed with the Roman one, providing a huge amount of farmers, soldiers, taxes, weapons. The Etruria area was, for example, fundamental for the recruitment of soldiers during the Second Punic War, demonstrating how much that people and that territory were still fundamental even centuries after their conquest.
The Etruscans can be perfectly considered the predecessors of the Romans, both for their influence on the Italian territory and for the refinement of culture and society.
Modern studies do not allow us to affirm with certainty that the Etruscans paved the way for complete Roman domination over the world, but certainly fundamental elements of Roman society cannot fail to be traced back to the Etruscans, to whom the Romans are indebted for irreplaceable pieces of their society.
Awesome
What is the poem recited around 19:00 that starts “you are the light-bringing life”?
Shakespear
Excellent documentary
Great documentary. Anyone know the name of the main theme? Reminds me of music from Miyazaki movies.
why the soundtrack to this lowkey goes crazy
Belle musique ❤
thanks for the video!!
Amazing stuff
the music is too loud...but beautifully documented...🥹
The Etruscan graves in Tarquinia very much resembles the Leleg graves in Halicarnassus (Bodrum) area in Turkey. Lelegs were ancient people, whom we know almost nothing about. The Luwi on the southern Aegean on the other hand, were using cuniform alphabet, but not a single word of their tablets could be deciphered so far. Maybe Lelegs and Luwis moved to Tuscany long time ago? Or the opposite...
Да переехали именно из Турции .а в Турцию попал. Из Египта.
I Love You.
Overall good documentary but the music was annoyingly loud
It would be normal to call this people like they call themselves.They call themselves "Rasseni",and that mean Serbians.Ras is the one of the oldest place in Serbia.They use the same letters like we using in Serbia today.
Nicely done but the mood and music should be more varied.
All is temporary, that holds no real truth or value to you.
A matter of Authenticity
the random periods of loud music for no reason in this video is annoying
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It also has to be criticized that the source of this video is not clearly stated.
The music 🎶. Too loud
E-Trusks were Proto Türks,.
Thats why Etrusks alphabet is the symilar with Göktürk Alphabet.
Tarquin=Tarkan
18:50
I'd listen to the priest and the liver prognostications before Fauci and his Covid declarations. The priest would be more accurate. Nov. 2021 Thank you for this beautiful and respectful presentation. I was truly moved by these people and the delicacy and finesse of the little left to us. Rome ruthlessly stole people, cultures and ideas and expanded on them. Cerment aside, they had few of their own. Pat
I noticed you don't have polio or smallpox.
They were Turks. In Turkey we believe asena who is son of female wolf. Etruscan were rasenna. Tanrı is name of god in Turkish in old Turkish it was tingri . Etruscan god was tinia. Our tingri was god of sky too.
Long live Tarquin
They always had excellent philharmonic music and a very sleepy narrator. I've to admin that I cannot stand it. Giving up after about 13 minutes...
Etruscans language is not forgotten, they wrote Roman letters, but the meaning of Russian. And scientists know that, but it's not acceptable to say, !!!
This language has already been deciphered
The key is an old Balkan syllable language that is still alive.
The Etruscan writings spoke for themselves. you have the writings there,
decipher them if you can. they do not move from there.
Do not speak until you have deciphered it in another way.
thelosttruth.altervista.org/lenigma-dei-pelasgi-e-degli-etruschi/
Not true! The Etruscans spoke a non-Indo-European language
@@RFmath_ where might I read more about this ?
@@thatboiiijedi2279 "In conclusion, our study sheds light on five main aspects of Italian population history. First, individuals associated with the Etruscan culture carried a high proportion of steppe-related ancestry, despite speaking a non-Indo-European language. "
Posth C, Zaro V, Spyrou MA, et al. The origin and legacy of the Etruscans through a 2000-year archeogenomic time transect. Sci Adv. 2021;7(39):eabi7673. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abi7673
@@nmesterritshqip1621 oh, huh, that's where I know dogoda from. any extant version of that link?
The city of Rama was built by the Etruscans dedicated to the God RAMA. Etruscans are a tribe from India, Scythians -subtribe of the Asuras who are originally from Rarh since ancient times, settled in Iran etc and eventually reached/established Etruria including Roma
Nope. DNA evidences show that they were italian since the bronze age at very least. Before they probably came from turkey.
Etruscans are descendants from various Anatolian (Turkish) tribes who migrated and settled in northern Italy.
Цыгане это те, кто захватил Рим. А этруски покинули это место..
И исчезли, как пишут цыганские учёные...
stopped watching as soon as the narrator pronounced ceramics "keramics" oh boy!
You missed a well done depiction of this ancient culture. What I liked best about the video was that it was Etruscan-centric, rather than Roman-centric like almost all our texts about Italy have been-as though Rome's violence is somehow to be admired. I much prefer the more peaceful, spiritual focus of the Etruscans.
Well that's silly. The title card was in what appears to be Russian and you're offended by what's obviously someone whose first language isn't English making such a simple mistake?
How very foolish and short sighted of you. Oh boy!
@@susettehorspool2646 Hey Rome's violence was that of Conquerors who in turn gave you Western Civilization.
Quoting from Merriam-Webster:
“ce·ram·ic | \ sə-ˈra-mik , especially British kə- \ “
They are relatives of hun - garians = huns , avars , magyars ,( look the writting of them , and the transolation of the writtings ) . Look the slit eyes , nose , size , etc . YOU WILL FIND THEY DNA - DNS IN THE CARPATIAN MOUNTAINS IN THE HUNGARIAN RACE . etc...
Ps : et - öt [5] ruscians = 5 rosen [ on they original shield ] 5 relatieves [ same branch with little different style ] etchnic group after in unification , and moved to italy . Same as the alans - avars moved to french . Etc...
Christians, European Whites are funny people.
They love etruscans , esp when they later see souls as eternal and is in permanent pilgrimage.
But that's what Hinduism says too.
Lot of Narcissist ego exists in white man even in 21 st C.
Does it bother you that Hinduism entered India from the northwest, by the same people who displaced the Harappan and that genetics has proven it beyond doubt? Just curious. 🤔
'and is in'? - and in....
THE NARRATOR SOUNDS LIKE HE'S TELLING CHILDREN A BED TIME STORY, ????????