Etruscan: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Tusci • Etrusci • Tyrrhenoi • Rasenna • Tyrsenoi

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Etruscan solar deity

Italic languages

Thematic map of ancient Italy around 500 BC, showing the geographic distribution of different peoples. Color-coded regions indicate areas inhabited by Ligurians, Etruscans, Veneti and Apuli, Italics, Celts, Raetians, Carthaginians, and Greeks, with major settlements and surrounding seas labeled.

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