Iron Age Italy
Tides of History
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The Evolution of the Etruscan Language
The Etruscan language is very definitely not a member of the italic family. Different groups in different parts of the peninsula came to speak different languages. Italy was a linguistically diverse place, but those languages didn't denote entirely separate material or cultural spheres. That combination of diversity and shared developments would be the single most notable feature of Italy in the Iron Age.
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