. A history of Rome . sterncoast. The eastern coast is precipi-tous, with few good havens. Italythus faces the west. What makesit important for us to notice thiscircumstance is the fact that Greecefaces the east, and that thus thesetwo peninsulas, as the historian Mommsen expresses it, turn their backs to each other. This broughtit about that Rome and the cities of Greece had almost no dealingswith one another for many centuries. 3. Early Inhabitants of Italy: the Etruscans, the Greeks, andthe Italians. There were in early historic times three chief races inItaly — the Etruscans, the Greeks, a
. A history of Rome . sterncoast. The eastern coast is precipi-tous, with few good havens. Italythus faces the west. What makesit important for us to notice thiscircumstance is the fact that Greecefaces the east, and that thus thesetwo peninsulas, as the historian Mommsen expresses it, turn their backs to each other. This broughtit about that Rome and the cities of Greece had almost no dealingswith one another for many centuries. 3. Early Inhabitants of Italy: the Etruscans, the Greeks, andthe Italians. There were in early historic times three chief races inItaly — the Etruscans, the Greeks, and the Italians. They had all, savethe Greeks, found their way into the peninsula in prehistoric times. 1 This interesting memorial of Etruscan art was acquired by the MetropolitanMuseum of New York City at a cost of #48,000. It was found in an ancient Etruscancemetery (1901). Almost every part of the chariot, including the wheels, was sheathedin figured bronze. The relic probably dates from the seventh century Fig. 1. An Etruscan Chariot1(From a photograph) 4 ITALY AND ITS EARLY INHABITANTS [§ 3 The Etruscans, a wealthy, cultured, and seafaring people of uncer-tain race and origin, dwelt in Etruria, now called Tuscany after seem to have come into Italy from the east by way of the the rise of the Roman people they were the leading race in thepeninsula. Certain elements in their culture lead us to believe that theyhad learned much from the cities of Magna Grsecia. The Etruscansin their turn became the teachers of the early Romans and impartedto them certain elements of civilization, including military usages,hints in the art of building, and various religious ideas and rites. Fig. 2. Wall Painting of an Etruscan Banquet From an Etruscan tomb of the fifth century b. c. This cut illustrates, among other things,the state of art among the Etruscans at that early date. Banqueting scenes are favoriterepresentations on Etruscan tombs, sarcophagi, and fune
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