HISB11H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Etruscan Language, Villanovan Culture, Tumulus
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Three periods of rome: regal period, republican period (either ends in 31 or 41 bc, empire period (most of roman period) made it up to around 5th century, after that, became the eastern period became byzantine empire. Traditional founding of rome, 753 bc traditional = date romans says the city was founded, based on mythology (romulus/remus): there were settlements before this, however, this date is also the date that romans date their calendar from. Migration of indo-european settlers (originated from modern day india and pakistan) came into. Italian peninsula around 1200 bc: villanovan culture (1100 bc 700 bc) Villanovan culture early form of etruscan culture. Indo-european origin: establishing themselves in italian peninsula when there were very few other cultures. Villanovan cinerary urn: held cremation ashes, villanovan urns were house-shaped (gives an idea of housed looked like, thatched roof, plaster walls, stone base.
