people
the Etruscans
Etruscans
also: Etrusci, Tusci
The pre-Roman people of Etruria, reputed of Lydian descent; Maecenas claimed kingly Etruscan blood.
Reading notes
- The Odes §3.10 Tyrrhenian
Etruscan; no such father gave Lyce a Penelope's chastity.
- The Epodes §16 Etruscan
The Etruscans of central Italy, Rome's old rivals; their host under Porsena failed where civil war now succeeds.
- The Satires §1.6 the Etruscan
The pre-Roman people of Etruria, of supposed Lydian descent; Maecenas, though a private knight, came of their old royalty.