Contents

List of illustrations

Introduction

1 The origins of the Etruscans

2 The Etruscan language

3 Towards the Etruscan city-state

4 The Villanovan revolution

5 The transformation of Etruria

6 Etruscan tomb painting and Etruscan art

7 Empire, crisis, and response, 600–300 BC

8 Etruscan religion

9 The Roman conquest

10 Clothing and the Etruscan body

11 Imperial epilogue

12 Etruscology: its origins and development

Further reading

Index