The decorative periods . The Etruscans were a peopleapparently of a northern race whoseart closely resem-bled Greek. Theylived in the countrynorth of Rome, and >/after a series of do •*» 4. wars with the Romans lasting through the Fourth Century B. C. were subdued and assimi- ( ^^ lated in 280 V>. C. Early Roman art was influenced by theEtruscan; later Roman art by the Greek. The Romans themselveswere too busy build-ing a world empire todevelop an indepen-dent art. But afterthey had assimilatedthe Greek cities ofItaly and Sicily andof the Peloponnesusand the country tothe north—in theThi

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The decorative periods . The Etruscans were a peopleapparently of a northern race whoseart closely resem-bled Greek. Theylived in the countrynorth of Rome, and >/after a series of do •*» 4. wars with the Romans lasting through the Fourth Century B. C. were subdued and assimi- ( ^^ lated in 280 V>. C. Early Roman art was influenced by theEtruscan; later Roman art by the Greek. The Romans themselveswere too busy build-ing a world empire todevelop an indepen-dent art. But afterthey had assimilatedthe Greek cities ofItaly and Sicily andof the Peloponnesusand the country tothe north—in theThird and SecondCenturies B. C.—thenew conditions under WALL DfCO(\ATlOn in LABlRlHTO POnPEll POMPEIIAN

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