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Etruscans, The
Michael Grant

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Book ID: 221 Page: 223

Section: 2B2

Decided to Menvra (Athens, Minerva) in c. 520-500 BC, its triple shrine was fronted by a porch. This was enclosed by the Roman architect Vitruvius as typical of Etruscan temples. Terracotta statues, larger than life-size, were placed on the massive central bean of this Portonaccio shrine, forming the top of its roots from front to back. A substantial part of the group has survived, and it artistry and workmanship are superb. The most famous of these statues depicts Apulu (Apollo) contending with Herkle (Heracles, Hercules) for the body of a hind. There are also equally vivid heads of Turms (Hermes, Mercury) and a goddess carrying a child.

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Book ID: 221 Page: 224

Section: 4B

The primary reason for this prosperity was the wealth of Veii’s agricultural resources. Their potentialities were exploited by extremely skillful irrigation, so characteristic of the Etruscans who in their turn became the mentors of Rome.

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Book ID: 221 Page: 226

Section: 4B

This thoroughfare was part of an elaborate network of roads, for they were fine road-builders, and taught this science, like irrigation, to Rome.

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Book ID: 221 Page: 229

Section: 2B2

Lacking a sufficiency of land for their growing populations, they would from time to time dispatch a whole generation of their people to found a new colony, dedicating the enterprise to the deity Mamers (the Etruscan Maris and Roman Mars), who was the Italian god of agriculture as well as war.

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Book ID: 221 Page: 230

Section: 4B

. . .relied on their neighbor Veii as their chief cultural model.

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Book ID: 221 Page: 233

Section: 2B2

It was afterwards believed that the Romans wholly destroyed the captured city and expelled all its surviving population; the theme was turned into a poignant contrast with the past glories of Veii. Excavations have shown that this tradition was not entirely true, for some buildings and inhabitants remained; yet the conquerors inflicted extremely severe damage. Above all, they terminated the very existence of Veii as an independent city-state – even taking over its patron goddess, Uni, under the name of Juno Regina.

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