Catalogue of the Sardinian, Etruscan and Italic Bronze Statuettes in the Danish National Museum Salskov Roberts Helle
Catalogue of the Sardinian, Etruscan and Italic Bronze Statuettes in the Danish National Museum Salskov Roberts Helle In the First Millennium BC present-day Italy was inhabited by many different…
Specifikacia Catalogue of the Sardinian, Etruscan and Italic Bronze Statuettes in the Danish National Museum Salskov Roberts Helle
Catalogue of the Sardinian, Etruscan and Italic Bronze Statuettes in the Danish National Museum Salskov Roberts Helle
In the First Millennium BC present-day Italy was inhabited by many different ethnic groups, most of which spoke a language affiliated with Latin. Many finds of bronze statuettes of warriors show the concern of the population to protect themselves from aggressors, also with divine support secured by impressive priestesses. Sardinia, a large island to the West of the Italian mainland, had a culture characterized by nuraghs, a kind of massive stone tower, presumably for defense purposes.
For a long period Etruscan kings ruled the Romans who, however, liberated themselves from the foreigners and, in reverse, started to conquer their territory. However, Rome's closest neighbours to the North were the Etruscans, who spoke a language quite different from any other people in Italy. Gradually, from about the Sixth Century BC to about 100 BC, the Romans came to dominate the Etruscans as well as