ancient Italy

The Etruscans and Romans were fierce rivals in early Italic history. Obviously, the Romans ended up being victorious since the Mediterranean came to be dominated by a Roman empire rather than an Etruscan. Yet, what did this rivalry look...

The Etruscans were a relatively enigmatic people who lived in ancient Italy. They dominated the central region of Italy from about 700 BCE until the rise of Rome and the southern Greek city-states. Due to the difficulties in translating...

An unusual stone disk, discovered in Italy and dated to around three thousand years ago, may be an ancient map of the brightest stars in the night sky. This would include the Pleiades, the seven sister-nymphs of Greek mythology,...

To the ancient Greeks, their land was not just confined to Greece and the nearby islands as we know it today. Aside from Asia Minor, which had many Greek cities, a large portion of Italy was also their land....