Etruscans

Greek descent were called Etruscans, and it has been discovered that they had advanced so far in civilization, that they afterwards gave many of their customs to the city of Rome when it came to power.

The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

They were called the Etruscans and they were (and still are) one of the great mysteries of history.

The Story of Mankind 1921

In the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. the Etruscans were the dominant power in northern and central Italy, and brought Latium and Rome under their supremacy.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

Some authorities are for Lydia; some are for the Rhaetian Alps; some are for calling the Etruscans 'autochthonous,' -- which I hold to be, like _Mesopotamia, _ a 'blessed word.'

The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908

The Etruscans were the first vault-builders, and the

A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890

Whether the Etruscans were the same people whom the Greeks called Pelasgians, as many investigators now hold: whether the earliest Roman city was in any true sense an Etruscan one: these are questions on the answers to which it is not as yet safe to build further hypotheses.

The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884

But whether the Greeks or the Etruscans were the first to paint, the art was certainly carried to the greatest perfection among the former.

The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. John Lord 1852

Certainly the Romans themselves were keenly reverent of their ancestors, polishing the links to old families, the ideal the Gracchi, founders of Rome in 753 B.C., or even the more ancient Etruscans who lived in central Italy before Rome.

Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011

Throughout the village, there are caves dating back to the Etruscans, which were used as wine cellars or sheds.

Susan Fogwell: Hidden Italy's Pitigliano Remains off the Tourist Grid Susan Fogwell 2010

Throughout the village, there are caves dating back to the Etruscans, which were used as wine cellars or sheds.

Susan Fogwell: Hidden Italy's Pitigliano Remains off the Tourist Grid Susan Fogwell 2010