Romans and The Etruscans
Before the Etruscan's crossed the Tiber river in 750 BC, Rome was described as a loose group or agricultural villages. It was not long before this loose group of villages, with some help from the Etruscan way, was transformed into the world's most dominant city. Many say the Romans conquering success was all the thanks of the Etruscan's, however, the Romans strongly disagree and give them absolutely no credit. This being for it was not the cultural influences of Etruscany which made them such a huge success, yet their "never say die" attitude which helped them prevail for almost a thousand years.From the time Etruscany began to expand they were tagged with defeat. As they expanded south from Rome into the Greek city of Cumane they were humiliatingly defeated and never recovered for the next fifty years in the south of Italy. The Etruscans did then move north and rule the northern lands for around a hundred years, however they were again swiftly defeated by wild tribes of Gauls once more adding to their long history of defeat. It
can not be argued that the most dominant society and most successful organisation in the world could come from such a long line of degrading and humiliating defeats. As stated before the romans indeed owe the Etruscans a city yet owe them nothing to their success as their influence did not have any significance in respect to the rule on the world the romans had for almost ten centuries. In the end it was the romans that took over the world not the Etruscans and if this was truly all the teachings and influence of the Etruscan society why did the Etruscan way rule for such little time? Leadership can not come from the teachings of one of life's "losers". "With strong armies. Battleships and strong leadership, the romans not only drove out all other invaders but conquered all the lands from Britain to the Sahara desert and from Spain to Syria" (Pamela Odijk, "The Romans" p.9). It was the Romans who held the world in their hands, not the Etruscans and for this reason they owe nothing. When the Etruscans crossed the Tiber River and entered Rome th
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