Rise of the Etruscans
The Ancients
History Hit
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Situated in the North of Italy, the Etruscan's were once a powerful civilisation, dominating the Italian peninsular. Predecessors to Ancient Rome, the Etruscans excelled in trade, art, and sculpture, surviving for centuries from the early 1st Millenia BC until their fated clash with the Romans. The might of the Etruscans is undisputed - but what does the archaeology tell us about this mysterious civilisation, and why does is counteract ancient sources?
In this episode Tristan is joined by Dr Lucy Shipley to give an introduction to the Etruscan civilisation and their meteoric rise on the Italian peninsular. Looking at their international relations, language and culture, just who were the Etruscans, and why were they so important in antiquity?
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| 0:00.0 | It's the Entrance on History Hit. I'm Tristan Hughes your host and in today's podcast |
| 0:23.0 | well. It's another one of those ancient civilizations that you've probably heard |
| 0:27.6 | the name of but might not know that much about. I love it when we cover topics like this. |
| 0:33.5 | We're talking all about an incredible Iron Age civilization situated in the north |
| 0:39.7 | of what is today Italy in the region of Tuscany. You might have noticed recently that there |
| 0:45.2 | was an incredible discovery of statues found in the region of Tuscany and you might have |
| 0:51.2 | also noticed with that discovery the name Atrascan associated with it because that's |
| 0:56.7 | the civilization we're going to be talking about today. We're going to be focusing in on |
| 1:01.0 | what the archaeology and the ancient literature is telling us about the Atraskins, these people |
| 1:07.1 | who lived in this area of the world, during the earlier stages of ancient Rome. We're going |
| 1:13.8 | to be going from the start of the first millennium BC down to a period known as the Orientalizing |
| 1:19.3 | period. So we're not going to be covering all aspects of the Atraskins today. No, no, |
| 1:23.2 | there is so much archaeology that has been uncovered about the Atraskins which means archaeologists |
| 1:28.4 | actually know quite a lot. So in this podcast we're just going to be focusing in on the early |
| 1:34.4 | history, the early archaeology of the Atraskins. What do we know about their origins? What's this |
| 1:38.8 | great debate around their origins? Where they're from the Near East, where they're indigenous, |
| 1:43.7 | and we'll be focusing in on how they start really growing, in power, focusing on settlements, |
| 1:49.3 | on trading ports, on burials, and so much more. Joining me for this fascinating chat, all about the |
| 1:57.3 | Atraskins, the rise of the Atraskins, I was delighted to interview a week or so ago Dr. Lucy |
| 2:04.3 | Shipley. Lucy is brilliant. She's such an eloquent speaker, so passionate about Atraskin archaeology. |
| 2:11.2 | She's written a book all about the Atraskins civilization too. It was wonderful to get on the |
| 2:15.7 | podcast to give us this overview of this incredible ancient civilization that at one period |
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