Volterra, known to the ancient Etruscans as Velathri or Vlathri and to the Romans as Volaterrae, is a town and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy.The town was a Bronze Age settlement of the Proto-Villanovan culture, and an important Etruscan center (Velàthre, Velathri or Felathri in Etruscan, Volaterrae in Latin language), one of the "twelve cities" of the Etruscan League.

The Villanovan culture (c. 900–700 BC), regarded as the earliest phase of the Etruscan civilization, was the earliest Iron Age culture of Italy.It directly followed the Bronze Age Proto-Villanovan culture which branched off from the Urnfield culture of Central Europe. The name derives from the locality of Villanova, a fraction of the municipality of Castenaso in the …

The Tropaeum Alpium (Latin 'Trophy of the Alps', French: Trophée des Alpes), is a Roman trophy (tropaeum) celebrating the emperor Augustus's decisive victory over the tribes who populated the Alps.The monument's ruins are in La Turbie (), a few kilometers from the Principality of Monaco

La lingua etrusca è stata una lingua tirrenica che fu parlata e scritta dagli Etruschi adottando l'alfabeto euboico di Calcide probabilmente da Pithecusa nell'VIII secolo a.C. sull'isola di Ischia a Cuma.Era diffusa in diverse zone d'Italia ma principalmente in Etruria, che comprende le odierne Romagna, parte dell'Emilia, Toscana, Umbria occidentale e Lazio settentrionale.

Raetia secunda (Vindelica) oder Vindelikien (Vindelicien) war eine im Zuge der diokletianischen Reichsreformen im frühen 4. Jahrhundert durch Teilung der vormaligen Provinz Raetia entstandene römische Provinz.Sie umfasste das nördliche Alpenvorland zwischen Iller, Donau und Inn, darüber hinaus wohl auch einen nordöstlichen Teil des heutigen Tirol. ...

Etruscan vase painting was produced from the 7th through the 4th centuries BC, and is a major element in Etruscan art. It was strongly influenced by Greek vase painting, followed the main trends in style, especially those of Athens, over the period, but lagging behind by some decades.The Etruscans used the same techniques, and largely the same shapes.

Modern-day South Tyrol, an autonomous Italian province created in 1948, was part of the Austro-Hungarian County of Tyrol until 1918 (then known as Deutschsüdtirol and occasionally Mitteltirol).It was annexed by Italy following the defeat of the Central Powers in World War I.It has been part of a cross-border joint entity, the Euroregion Tyrol-South Tyrol-Trentino, since 2001.

Veii (also Veius; Italian: Veio) was an important ancient Etruscan city situated on the southern limits of Etruria and 16 km (9.9 mi) north-northwest of Rome, Italy.It now lies in Isola Farnese, in the comune of Rome.Many other sites associated with and in the city-state of Veii are in Formello, immediately to the north.Formello is named after the drainage channels that were first created …

Tarquinia (Italian: [tarˈkwiːnja]), formerly Corneto, is an old city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Central Italy, known chiefly for its ancient Etruscan tombs in the widespread necropoleis, or cemeteries, for which it was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status.. In 1922, it was renamed after the ancient city of Tarquinii (Roman) or Tarch(u)na (Etruscan).

The history of Tyrol, a historical region in the middle alpine area of Central Europe, dates back to early human settlements at the end of the last glacier period, around 12,000 BC.Sedentary settlements of farmers and herders can be traced back to 5000 BC. Many of the main and side valleys were settled during the early Bronze Age, from 1800 to 1300 BC.

Aulus Persius Flaccus (/ ˈ p ɜːr ʃ i ə s, ˈ p ɜːr ʃ ə s /; 4 December 34 – 24 November 62 AD) was a Roman poet and satirist of Etruscan origin. In his works, poems and satires, he shows a Stoic wisdom and a strong criticism for what he considered to be the stylistic abuses of his poetic contemporaries. His works, which became very popular in the Middle Ages, were published …

Vorarlberg (/ ˈ f ɔːr ɑːr l b ɜːr ɡ / FOR-arl-burg, Austrian German: [foːɐ̯ˈarlbɛrk] (); Vorarlbergisch: Vorarlbearg, Voralbärg, or Voraadelbearg) is the westernmost state (Land) of Austria.It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest population density (also after Vienna).

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (died 495 BC) was the legendary seventh and final king of Rome, reigning 25 years until the popular uprising that led to the establishment of the Roman Republic. He is commonly known as Tarquin the Proud, from his cognomen Superbus (Latin for "proud, arrogant, lofty").. Ancient accounts of the regal period mingle history and legend.

Servius Tullius was the legendary sixth king of Rome, and the second of its Etruscan dynasty. He reigned from 578 to 535 BC. Roman and Greek sources describe his servile origins and later marriage to a daughter of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Rome's first Etruscan king, who was assassinated in 579 BC.The constitutional basis for his accession is unclear; he is variously …