CLAS 209 Early Rome and the Etruscans
This class focuses on Etruscan culture in Italy in the 1st millennium BC, including its relationship with, and eventual incorporation into, Roman civilization. The Etruscans occupied an important crossroads of culture, as well as being a significant society in their own right, and saw important connections with Rome, other parts of Italy, and further afield in Greece. This course discusses various aspects of Etruscan life, including religion and myth, military, politics, death and funerary beliefs and practices, daily life, and cultural connections with Rome, all demonstrated through art, architecture, and the archaeological record.