The Etruscans were an influential civilization that flourished in central Italy, particularly in modern-day Tuscany, from around the 9th century BC. They built wealthy city-states, developed sophisticated metalworking and trade networks, and influenced early Roman culture, religion, architecture, and political traditions. Their language, Etruscan, was written in an alphabet derived from Greek, but most surviving texts are short inscriptions. By the 1st century AD, the language had largely disappeared as Rome absorbed Etruscan territory and culture.

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