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Etruscan civilization

ancient civilization on the Appenine Peninsula

9 dated entries naming Etruscan civilization, drawn from 9 separate years between 600 BCE and 310 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century BC

  • 600 BCECapua is founded by Etruscans. (approximate date)source
  • 535 BCEPhocaean Greek colonists clash with Carthaginian and Etruscan ships in the Battle of Alalia (near Corsica).source
  • 534 BCEThe Etruscan founded the city of Felsina, that later will become the modern city of Bologna.source
  • 524 BCEBattle of Cumae - An army of Umbrians, Daunians, Etruscans, and others is defeated by the Greeks of Cumae, present-day Italy.source

5th century BC

  • 496 BCEThe former Etruscan King of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus, who had been exiled by the Romans in 509 BC, and his ally Octavius Mamilius, of Tusculum, together with the Latins are defeated by the Roman Republic army in the Battle of Lake Regillus, near Frascati. The outcome of this battle establishes Roman supremacy over the Latins.source
  • 477 BCERoman forces in a stronghold on the Cremera River are defeated by an army of Veientes from the Etruscan city of Veii in the Battle of the Cremera.source
  • 474 BCEHiero I, tyrant of Syracuse, allied with naval forces from the maritime Greek cities of southern Italy defeats the Etruscan navy in the Battle of Cumae as the Etruscans try to capture the Greek city of Cumae. This victory marks the end of the Etruscan aggression against the Greeks in southern Italy and saves the Greeks of Campania from Etruscan domination.source

4th century BC

  • 396 BCEMarcus Furius Camillus is made dictator by the Romans. Camillus finally destroys the Etruscan city of Veii in southern Etruria as the town falls to Roman forces after what is said to be a 10 year siege. The capture of Veii and its surrounding territories marks the first major expansion of Rome which doubles its territory after this victory.source
  • 310 BCERome deals with renewed trouble from the Etruscans, who are persuaded by the Samnites to cease their alliance with the Romans. In the Battle of Lake Vadimo, the Romans under Fabius Maximus Rullianus defeat the Etruscans.source

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