🎬 Watch early & support the channel on Patreon: Or become a member on youtube: @ParaBellumHistoryChannel/join to unlock early access to new videos. Music from our videos: Visit our website: Our merchandise store: 🎧 Listen to our podcast: Spotify: Apple Podcasts: Amazon Music: The Etruscans: Mysterious Founders of Italy Before Rome | Full Documentary Who were the Etruscans? Long before the rise of Rome, the Etruscans ruled much of central Italy. They built cities, developed a rich religion, influenced Roman politics, art, and warfare—and then, somehow, they vanished. Their language is still not fully deciphered, and their origins remain one of the biggest mysteries in ancient history. In this full-length documentary, we uncover the story of the Etruscan civilization: their possible roots in the Villanovan culture, their ties to Greek and Phoenician colonists, their stunning achievements in art, metalwork, and divination, and their legacy that lived on in Roman culture, language, and religion. If you’ve ever wondered about the people who came before Rome—who laid the foundations for so much of what we call Roman civilization—this is the place to start. Whether you’re a student, a history enthusiast, or simply curious about ancient civilizations, this video will give you a complete overview of the Etruscans based on the latest archaeological, historical, and genetic evidence. 🔔 Subscribe for more deep-dive documentaries on ancient history 📚 Bibliography & further reading in the desription Chapters / Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:00 Origins of the Etruscans 03:45 Etruscan Language 07:13 Culture and History of the Etruscans 14:18 Etruscan Religion 16:49 Decline of the Etruscan Civilization 19:28 Legacy of The Etruscans #etruscans #ancientrome #etruscanlanguage #lostcivilizations #ancienthistory #villanovan #tagus #etruscanreligion #whoevertheetruscans #historydocumentary Bibliography 1. Bonfante, Larissa, and Giuliano Bonfante. The Etruscan Language: An Introduction. Revised edition. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002. 2. Haynes, Sybille. Etruscan Civilization: A Cultural History. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2005. 3. Smith, Christopher J. The Etruscans: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. 4. Turfa, Jean MacIntosh (ed.). The Etruscan World. London: Routledge, 2013. 5. de Grummond, Nancy T. Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, and Legend. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2006. 6. de Grummond, Nancy T., and Erika Simon (eds.). The Religion of the Etruscans. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006. 7. Pallottino, Massimo. The Etruscans. Updated edition. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2021. 8. Wallace, Rex E. Zikh Rasna: A Manual of the Etruscan Language and Inscriptions. Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, 2008. 9. Bartoloni, Gilda. The Villanovan Culture at the Origins of Etruscan Civilization. Florence: Olschki, 2021. 10. Perkins, Phil. "DNA and the Etruscans: A Reassessment of Genetic Evidence." In Etruscan Studies 20, no. 1 (2017): 59–76. 11. Torelli, Mario (ed.). The Etruscans. Milan: Bompiani, 2001. 12. Camporeale, Giovanni. The Etruscans and Their World. Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2004. 13. Barker, Graeme, and Tom Rasmussen. The Etruscans. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 1998. 14. Maggiani, Adriano. “On the Origin of the Etruscans: Between Ancient Texts and Archaeological Evidence.” In Etruscan Studies 22, no. 2 (2019): 157–175. 15. Cristofani, Mauro (ed.). The Etruscans: A New Investigation. Milan: Electa, 1990. 🎤 ⁠Voiceover by: Nick Banas Instagram: