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The Etruscans In Ancient Rome
The Etruscans is a civilization that exists in Italy between 700 BCE to 300 BCE in Italy. They have establishments in North of Italy, but they have also expanded to the south of Rome where they have created towns that evolved into small cities, such as Tarquinia, Cerveteri, Vae and others. They compete among them even though their language united them.

From the Tuscany region the Etruscans extended to south to the area of Lazio, where they had contacts with other different social and ethnic groups, among them the inhabitants of the Greek colonies, located in the area known as the Magna

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