Etruscan
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Any person who devotes their life to love and pleasure, like Etruscans, rather than power, like Romans.
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A member of a civilization that possibly originated on the island of Lemnos and [conquered] the [fertile] lands of Northern Italy, growing into a great seafaring and agricultural nation in the process.
They invented many devices we see as Roman, such as the aqueducts, Roman roads, and even the Roman sword designs.
A theory asserts that the Etruscans conquered their way through Northern Italy and divided the Italo-Celtic civilization, leading to the development of the Italiotes and the [Celts]. -
Relating to ancient Etruria, its people, or their language. The Etruscan civilization was at its height c.500 BC and was an important influence on the Romans, who had subdued the Etruscans by the end of the 3rd century BC.
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