Etruscans: Italian Civilization Before Ancient Rome

[@KingsandGenerals]

19:23 - you know what to do :-) bit.ly/2P6F8Y8

[@TyrannosaurusRex5027]

@Kings and Generals will be done. As always another excellent video, very glad to support this channel

[@tomas19958]

I like the vitual tours of invicta channel and the batles related in this chanel , like too this ancient civilization.please make the sicilian wars , (in wikipedia there are a lot of material to create your videos about that) , also make wars of independence of southamerica,or another wars in southamerica.

[@loods2215]

As a guy that actually comes from ancient etruscan lands I fooken loved the fact that you actually covered this! I mean i go to tarquinia every summer to enjoy the seaside Amazing🤯

[@FreeFallingAir]

Anyone else go-ahead and like the video before you ever watch it?

[@loods2215]

@@FreeFallingAir I do that on a regular basis

[@trantor2135]

Etruscans were one of the most underrated and advanced ancient western civilizations.

[@Arthurwellesley12]

Trantor by far. Just sad that they didnt stand United in time. Had they been United from le start they would’ve fought of rome

[@trantor2135]

@@Arthurwellesley12 heh who cares, I'm happy of the outcome anyway.

[@davidec.4021]

Precisely. Rome would have never been ROME without them, plus they were really advanced for european standards (excluding the Greeks obv) Edit: also northern Italy had some mysterious great civilisations like the Insubrians etc, only a few weapons are left but the names of cities and villages still carries their ancient language

[@fullmetalalchemist9126]

What do you mean the "western"???

[@Arthurwellesley12]

Davide C. Ye. The etruscans was small but tremendously powerfull and Rich. Sp they could easily field very large armies and could even increase those Numbers with mercs if need be.

[@ejtheron9167]

Whoever did the graphics deserves a medal. Beautiful. You guys have been killing it as of late.

[@Ponto-zv9vf]

Except the farmer looks like Joe Rogan.

[@ErebosGR]

Roman: "All right, but apart from the sanitation, pottery, sculpture, music, wine, the alphabet, the pantheon, the toga, the fasces, gladiatorial matches, chariot racing, aqueducts and paved roads, what have the Etruscans ever done for us? "

[@bretthess6376]

Can't get a Monty Python reference past this old dog. My compliments. Please enjoy a bag of Wolf Nipple Chips with the video.

[@petermills3814]

Me: Concrete + metallurgy + Mosaics + The early legionary structure + harsh military discipline + organized urbanization + government structure + medicine + advance agriculture techniques... and the ancient/earliest version of gender equality. Romans: Ow shut up!!!

[@noproblem2big337]

@@petermills3814... 😂🤣😅

[@Ataturksmen]

@@petermills3814 so you guys do accept that civilization in Europe founded by Touranian/Turkic race, the Etruscans.. Just as other Touranian/Turkic races Elam, Sumarians, Akadians, Hititians, Frigians...brought civilization to middle east also to earth.. these civilizations had been the main source for later cultures, religions and races as Antic Egyptians, Antik Greek, Rome, Persian, Chinese and many others..

[@petermills3814]

@@Ataturksmen No, if the Etruscans were related previously to the sea peoples from the North and West of the Mediterranean from already being there many thousands of years earlier in that region or the Trojans = who may have been partly related to the Greeks too in some ways, then it's both a no and yes in some complicated subjects. Civilization may have started in Egypt and Mesopotamia for humanity... but other civilizations were coming about afterwards who didn't have much contact with them at all = and created their own civilizations out of their own ideas instead. The Celts + China, India and others. Even if those two civilizations way above never existed, those others like the Greeks and all other younger civilizations in peoples and culture would've grown on their own up from the ground eventfully... it would have just taken a few more centuries or so at most.

[@pippoari]

Many of us still use at least one Etruscan word, which in english is "person" . It came trough Latin ("persona") from the Etruscan word "φersu", meaning a type of mask wore by the actors during the plays.

[@vassilopoula]

amazing, didnt know that!

[@vesnadjokic146]

Persona it's Serbian word

[@pippoari]

@@vesnadjokic146 I'm talking about the origin, not the current use

[@vesnadjokic146]

@@pippoari yes Iam talking about origin coz Etruscan letter was Serbian ancient letter

[@vesnadjokic146]

@@pippoari Svetislav Bilbija was the first to decipher the Etruscan script, noticing that the Etruscan letters resembled Vuk's Cyrillic letters. When he started reading them from right to left, he was able to assemble words that had the same root as many words in the modern Serbian language. Previously, many Western scientists struggled unsuccessfully to decipher the Etruscan language, persistently refusing to use Slavic, that is Serbian, for that. This is how the key to the Etruscan lock was found. Bilbia then found that the Cyrillic alphabet developed from the cuneiform script of the Nisans, a people recorded in literature as the Hittites from Asia Minor, who built the city of Srb in the Lycia area 2,000 years before Christ. By comparing the inscriptions from the obelisk from Xanthos with the signs of Vuko's Cyrillic alphabet, Bilbija read all the monuments of the Etruscan people and thus determined that all these peoples originated from the Danube, from the area where the Serbs live today. It is known that the Etruscans lived in today's Italy before the Latins and called themselves Rasani. The generally accepted interpretation of scientists is that the word Ras means strain, race, belonging to a tribe that speaks the same language. Today, we know that the Rasans were residents of Nemanja's state, and the ruins of the city of Ras still exist. Therefore, to speak of the Etruscans, means to speak of the Rasans who lived in the area of ​​the Vinča culture, northwest of Prokuplje, Serbia.

[@wargriffin5]

Anyone else find it interesting how the Etruscans (and by extension, modern Tuscany) were a center of culture both BEFORE and AFTER the Roman Empire?

[@AmeyaVaidyaExEcutESC2]

Not just after the fall of the Empire. Much of the Renaissance of Europe began in Tuscany.

[@LuisBrito-ly1ko]

They stopped to be Etruscans during the Roman Empire and even less after its fall.

[@SA2004YG]

It's more the geography than the people

[@aldobonaso3481]

@@LuisAldamiz I wouldn't call the renaissance limited to only Italy, it basically dragged Europe out of the dark ages...

[@aldobonaso3481]

@@LuisAldamiz you are correct, I used the term dark ages in a much broader sense than I should have, but I stand by my comment that the Florentine renaissance (Tuscany) had an important and lasting effect on Europe as a whole. And that was the point I (and the OP) was making. That the people of Tuscany played an important role with art and culture in Europe, both before (Etruscans) and after (Tuscans) the roman Empire.

[@lorisuprifranz]

How to create an Empire: 1. Take a small village inhabited by guys with literally nothing to lose 2. Copy everything that makes other civilizations great 3. Keep doing point 2 until you can't find a nation greater than yours

[@saidtoshimaru1832]

You forgot being breast-feed by a she-wolf.

[@marcelcostache2504]

Dont forget to force marriage Sabinian Women and do the same to the entire Mediterranean.

[@bigmonkedong]

You forgot point 2,5 : Defeat Carthage in 3 Major wars

[@AndrewChannelInternational]

4. Defeat your trade competitors and literally cover their only fertile field with salt.

[@SaadBinAlamgir3345]

This also worked in my Empire

[@Mrkabrat]

"Im sure those new neighbours of Rome wont be a problem" Famous last etruscan words

[@astartes2781]

Roma invicta!!!!

[@yugitrump435]

*Dovahatty intensifies*

[@Quark214]

Biggus Dickus Dovahatty is love Dovahatty is life

[@podlodialgilap3490]

Etruria Delenda Est

[@preuisch8171]

@@Quark214 yes. He's the omega Chad

[@Helljumper91]

I've spent the last 4 hours watching videos on this channel. It's really brilliant, and I wish I had been given access to things like this as a young man. Learning history in school always bored me and never went into the detail that I wanted. This channel delivers everything I could have asked for in a historical sense and explains it in an entertaining and enlightening way. You have my respect.

[@snarkynader9400]

Ah, but you have access now!!

[@jeffagain7516]

I can assuredly understand what you relate. I think part of the problem, when it comes to schools, is the fact many do not seem to find it worthwhile to include history as a key subject any longer. Always seeming to focus on moving forward, new, new, new, without any thought as to how we've even arrived at where we are. I'm quite happy now that I spent time in the past teaching my kids the importance of history, as they've managed to teach my Grand-children the same. I can happily state that currently, my Grand-Daughter knows more at 14 then I ever did at her age and though KZbin has helped, she also knows the importance of good books. I just wished they live closer, to take advantage of my own library, sigh.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Rome when they see another city-state: THIS WILL MAKE A FINE ADDITION TO MY COLLECTION.

[@amandafranks5108]

I saw you comment on another video the other day, cant remember what.

[@lordazn]

Then comes the huns, Germanic tribes, and Gauls: HELLO THERE

[@milovantolic8821]

Hippity hoppity you're now my property!

[@Torus2112]

"You guys are still living in city states? Dude that's so last epoch, lemme fix that for you."

[@alie.111]

just like blood sucking brit.even rome seems not as barbaric

[@Ashwin-zg7rt]

No challenge, this is the best channel for history nerds like me

[@benlalammohamedrachid3112]

Check out Historia Civilis, i like that channel even more then this one, you might enjoy it too.

[@ghostrider.49]

@@benlalammohamedrachid3112 If we're talking quality then historymarche and epic history tv are by far the best. But then again, no channel including historia civilis uploads as often as k&g, so that makes them the best in my book as their documentary time periods vary from antiquity to the modern era, unlike any other good history channel that I know.

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

Rachid Mohamed Problem with Historia Civilis is that 90% of his videos are about a short and specific period of history (Late Roman Republic), whereas K&G covets a vastly larger and more diverse set of topics.

[@itanimulll]

I live for videos like this lol

[@murderouskitten2577]

One of the best :)

[@McHobotheBobo]

"Herodotus records them as migrating from Anatolia." "They appear in Italy around the time of the Trojan Wars." Hmmmmm......

[@DeusEx2]

Yes ,details from their buildings have been associated with Asia Minor's civilizations

[@Μπρο]

Trojans were indo European thought

[@YiannissB.]

@@Μπρο were they? I mean they weren't Greek, and supposedly had cultural and political ties with the Lydians, who were also non Indo-European.

[@powerist209]

Either Herodotus use it as “bygone era” (Trojan War being an ancient time by his era), or Asia Minor architecture being a cultural fad that got hungover (I mean Hittite-Anatolian civilization-was one of the major civilizations during Bronze Age).

[@brainwashington1332]

the moment when u realize 'white' civilizations are based on lies and other cultures

[@NicoxBass]

You should do a video like this for the other italic pre roman peoples! Samnites, Sabines, Umbrians, Lugurians, etc

[@leonline3424]

yes

[@imgvillasrc1608]

This. I myself am interested what the Samnites were like.

[@davidecamisa3611]

Ligurians are one of my favourite ancient population. Indomitable and harsh as Liguria can be.

[@pennypiper7382]

@@imgvillasrc1608 same here. Samnites were a strong people and they gave the Romans hell for at least 3 centuries. I often wonder what would have happened to Italy if the Samnites had not been beaten. Their culture was great too.

[@ValeriusMagni]

Umbrians were italics

[@LeoWarrior14]

20:00 I go to sleep at night and dream about Boar Vessel, 600-500BC, Etruscan, Ceramic.

[@dyhockane7506]

I don't get the boar vessel thing

[@TyrannosaurusRex5027]

The school textbook never mentioned the Etruscans. Good thing we have Kings and Generals to fill the void

[@kevin6293]

Because they’re not very significant to world history except in their relationship to Rome.

[@amandafranks5108]

saying that you miss out on how influential Rome was and how much effect its had on our society including yours.

[@ethans7588]

@@kevin6293 But Rome was pretty significant to history. That would make the Etruscans just as important as Rome considering the context of their relationship.

[@namulit]

@@kevin6293 They built the cloaca maxima in Rome, which was very important... ;) :)

[@thespiritualartofwar]

Because Etruscans did not look like today's "Europeans". Ancient artifacts have them looking more like Pacific Islanders.

[@davidec.4021]

Etruscan bonus fact: in many cities of Latium we can see what is called “cyclopian masonry”, walls, temples and structures built with enormous hard stones cut geometrically and made smooth to an incredible degree. The size of those constructions impressed so much the Romans that they believed they were build by giants (cyclops). Still today little to nothing is known about their construction, they just lay in many parks and areas of cities in central Italy Edit: yes the English name refers to the Greek megalithic structures, unfortunately there is no English name (that i could find) specifically for the Italian ones. It’s thought that they were build by ancient/primordial italic populations. Ancient stages of the Etruscans also could fit the bill. Sorry for any misunderstanding

[@westenicho]

@@SubatomicParticleX You would be surprised to know that cyclopian walls are found throughout the Mediterranean, not just in Greece proper. One of the largest known cyclopean walls is actually in Italy, at Alatri. The more you know.

[@davidec.4021]

I used the English name also used for those Greek structures because there is no English name for the ones *specifically* in Italy. Here is the wikipedia link, unfortunately it’s in Italian, information in English on the subject is hard to come by. Here is what i am talking about: it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architettura_megalitica_del_Lazio

[@westenicho]

@@SubatomicParticleX Cyclopean masonry is hardly a method of masonry that was used only by the Greeks, we have just borrowed their moniker for the style. Some of the most impressive examples of cyclopean masonry come from the Incans.

[@lucaventinove3151]

@@SubatomicParticleX He is not wrong, these constructions in Central Italy are called like that because of that reason. They were made out of the typical vulcanic stone of Latium, Umbria and Tuscany

[@westenicho]

@@SubatomicParticleX I mean that cyclopean masonry is a method of fitting stones together and shaping them so they fit nearly perfectly, it does not mean that the Greeks were the only ones who did it. Examples in the Mediterranean exist as far as Menorca. But as already stated, even the Incans used this method of masonry for their walled cities, albeit they were much more precise in their mastery of the technique.

[@connordunne6548]

Another fascinating video! I had heard of the Etruscans but I never knew how influential they truly were to the Romans. Thanks for the lesson

[@Ponto-zv9vf]

Yes, the fact they faded into the Roman Empire and had to be found, makes them mysterious and exotic. In reality they were just another Italian civilization, genetically much the same as the Romans.

[@Zantides]

The moment when you realise the fall of Rome pretty much was just the secound fall of the Etruscan

[@Ni999]

@@b.cdrisk2035 My sister calls herself a genius - doesn't mean that it's true. But I understand completely what you're saying.

[@anon9579]

Civilization exists in a cyclic pattern

[@bluebird5173]

@@b.cdrisk2035 I mean, you could argue that modern Western culture is an extension Roman culture and therefore Roman civilization never fell. It just seems rather arbitrary, this whole "drawing the line" thing that we do whenever we're trying to determine when one civilization ends and another begins. The truth is that cultures rarely die out completely -- rather, they change and adapt to the times. For practical purposes, I'd go with traditional historiography and argue that the fall of Roman civilization happened in 476 AD with the deposition of the last Roman Emperor.

[@paolopetrozzi2213]

@@b.cdrisk2035 Yes. The name "Byzantium" given to the East Roman Empire is an invention of a german historian from the 18th century. The Est Roman Empire was never called "Byzantium" as Byzantium was the name of Costantinopoly before the Roman Emperor Costantino changed it, making it the capital of the ERE. Yes, the ERE, not "Byzan..."

[@SirFaceFone]

@@Ni999 But isn't the Byzantine Empire (a name given to it by western Europeans after its fall) the eastern half of the Roman Empire? That means the people who call themselves Romans in Greece/Anatolia to this day are technically correct.

[@daysofoldhistory2982]

Love the art style for this video, especially the new map which rivals the mosaic one!

[@16thdemon]

The "pathologically adulterous" line describing Zeus made me spit out my drink. Literally half of the problems in Greek mythology were caused because Zeus couldn't keep it in his pants.

[@Martin_Daniel]

Cut him some slack: he did not have any pants.

[@thelocustgrappler513]

@@SmashBrosBrawl ok he couldn’t keep it in his chiton

[@nenadilic7446]

And none of his sons had guts to castrate him, like his father did to his.

[@enricomanno8434]

Yes indeed.. all the powerful people they do that

[@nenadilic7446]

@@SmashBrosBrawl No, that's how Heracle got his nickname Blackbutt

[@davidjmorgan3890]

I was in Tuscany a few years back,on top of the hill , there was a museum with Etruscan pieces. the the place was closing.A man there directed us to follow him in a car. It a field 15 minutes away there was an iron gate. upon opening it in the dim light was an Etruscan tomb undisturbed. the town was Chusi. We were staying in Cetona

[@Dennell_Mount_and_Blade]

*Etruscans:* How many Etruscan cities are you planning to conquer Rome? *Rome:* Yes

[@v44n7]

they are so united in Rome 2 rise of the republic! only veii works independently, so far never managed to conquer them

[@idrissahmat498]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Sojju7]

*proceeds to conquer 90% the whole known world* *Etruscans*: Hey I was joking

[@mr.archivity]

Also Etruscans: Guess I will be king of Rome for some time… Rome: O.o

[@PYRESATVARANASI]

I hope you do a video on the Rise of Venice and it's Mediterranean Merchant Empire. Love your videos, as a historian myself this channel is an amazing place to learn.

[@haideramvs3891]

You from India?

[@nekeljonaluli3768]

Etruschi erano Origine Ilire perché loro non erano molto lontani nella nostra lingua Truri -Cervello,e Toscana Toke vuol dire Terra e Skane- avevano,noi tra l'altro abbiamo due accenti di Nord che si chiama Gege e di Sud" Toske"e la lingua e di Nord ,anche tante statue hanno copricapo in testa

[@tf2664]

Italy wouldn’t have been the same if Rome never rose Actually the entire world would be different

[@zizouace4890]

same for the persian (iranian), sumerian, phoenician and first and foremost the Islamic civilizations. they all shaped human civilization

[@szbszig]

Well, yes and no. Of course many minor details in architecture, law, arts, religion etc. would have been different, had the Etruscans emerged victorious over Rome. But Etruria could have taken the place of the Roman Empire in world history, they had all the intellectual capacity for this.

[@melt6894]

The Roman mindset of expanding is what made the Romans different from other Italic nations. Empires can really only work if they are forever expanding. When they stop, that's when they begin to fall.

[@jasminmis5207]

Its not wise to subscribe on missleading and lying youtube channel that is telling lies about slavic history,but if you want to know the truth then truth is.That their is no such thing as 'etruscans',their is only Raseny and Rashany,they are slavs who has emigrated from black sea 7528 years ago becouse of the black sea flood.Their name Raseny comes from slavic word Raseyenye,meaning moved away.The language that the 'etruscans' where speaking is better know today as serbo croatian language,and theirs alphabet is known as srbica."Etruscian" alphabet was translated by Svetoslav Bilbija,by using serbian chirilitsa alphabet.PS:Here some reference,Dr Jovan Deretić,Nino Belov 2500BCE,Serbo Makeridov 2500BCE,Aleksandar Karanović 2500BCE,Serbo Raska Empire,Antient Serbia,Slavic Swastika.DONT DEVOLVE BUT INVOLVE AND KEEP ON FIGHTING!!

[@brethartaquino3976]

Withou the fall of Constaninople and sack of Constantinople in 1204 we might be advance in civilization but the discovery of America (I know that it's Lief Erikson) will be late.

[@usts6su19]

Greetings from Tuscia, the area of the etruscans 🇮🇹

[@robertdebrus3732]

Greetings from Milton Pennsylvania home of malicious ignorant rednecks

[@GhostBusters815]

Rome was like "that's a fine city you have there" "would be ashame if someone I dont know CONQUERED IT"

[@Lamashin]

Rome: *see a city-state* Also rome: i don't need it... i don't need it... i don't need it... I NEED IIIITTTTTT

[@NRH111]

"Nice city, I think I'll take it."

[@josephs1466]

It's about time the Etruscan's got some love. Thanks K&G!

[@Sihengli]

the art is what makes this channel for me, you, invicta, and epimitheus are kings when it comes to providing fresh visuals for the period, and up-to-date depictions of history. not to mention that you're employing artists! bravo!

[@moon-and-star4853]

So far I've seen people claiming the etruscans were albanian, slavic, scythian or black, all in this comment section. These videos sure do attract some interesting folks

[@Bln-f9u]

wtf, it's true that genetics and ethnicity are way more complex than we might imagined them to be, but those people are just either trolls or just simply pathetic.

[@Damo2690]

Loads of Turk Nationalists as well

[@BretBeall-k5t]

I mean considering Humanity can trace their roots back to Africa, the last one wouldn't suprise Me.

[@lolloblue9646]

The safest estimate is that their ancestors migrated from the same area proto-IE people originated from, only something like half a millennium earlier

[@DeusEx2]

The civilization we hardly know anything about their origin.Recent studies of their building structures suggest they might have come from Asia Minor.This would be truly interesting since we legend has it that Rome was founded by Aineas a refugee after Troys fall in asia minor.

[@MrLoobu]

Have we established thay Aineas and Troy were ever real?

[@ThrillaWhale]

MrLoobu Well Troy yes, Aeneas no. Like all mythical figures he falls somewhere between totally made up and based on some hero or a compilation of heroes from the bronze age. But it’s fascinating that there might be hints after all about the historicity of the connections between the italian peninsula and western anatolia as described in myth.

[@MrLoobu]

@@ThrillaWhale Can you link me some definitive troy information? I've never come across anything but i know its an area under active study.

[@hrvojesincek3888]

​@@MrLoobu Its amazing how you can't find any information about it, when it was found in the 19th century, its a historical national park. Quick info to read would of course be wikipedia (its very well cited) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy#Troy_Historical_National_Park . There are also a lot books on it, and German scientists are discovering more everyday, especially with new non invasive technologies.

[@Tzimiskes969]

Troy had been discovered and there is often a grain of truth within myths. We know that the hittites spoke an indo-germanic language but they lived in the center of antatolia. But Troy was at the coast of the Aegean and might have had an other language. A non indo-european one. There is also the theory that the fall of Troy and the sea people are connected. And there was wide spread trade in the ancient mediterranean. (The myceneans had trading posts in the Adriatic sea). There fore it's possible that a group of troians knew tuscany due to trade relations fled to that place and later this events became the myth of Aeneas and the romans simply adopted the etruscan story. As a comparison, the vikings pillaged England an the frankish empire, settled there, but they also traded as well, founded a realm in Eastern Europe and had been mercenaries for the byzantine emperor. I don't think that a normal person would have known this in the middle ages and an Egyptian scholar definitely wouldn't have known that the mysterious invaders of his land are also settlers in Central Italy.

[@pridefulobserver3807]

The etruscans, the sea peoples, Troy and the Bronze age collapse... the Aeneid.... myth and legend has hidden some truths here that by the gods! I wish so much to know

[@midnightblue3285]

​@@alexandrosaiakides4539 Etruscan the rusci peoples are the proto indo european turks which is the anatolians - slavs - celts - scythians - dacians - ilyrians - greeks - persians - armenians etc we are european family

[@lucius7838]

@@alexandrosaiakides4539 Nice try, troll

[@midnightblue3285]

​@Paulo Ramos As I know and understand etruscans and later passed on latin Italians have many rich european cultures some of their cultures are migrated the Anatolia it is make sense couse the both Anatolia and the Etruscans have indo european roots we are indo european big familiy it is all connected

[@Zamolxes77]

You ask questions is impossible to find answers to, through normal ways. Open your mind to something more than the world in front of your eyes. Every event, every thought, every dream, of what anyone ever said and done, are stored in Akasha Memeory, a Divine database. With proper training, respect and purity of thought, you can access that database and find your answers. Most people will never believe you, because they're incapable of accessing that library of knowledge, but you'll have your answers. And you'll discover that history taught in schools is mostly a lie, a fantasy story like Game of Thrones.

[@pridefulobserver3807]

@@Zamolxes77 t f ?? ='D

[@theconqueringram5295]

It's kind of funny that the Etruscans gave Rome so much of it's character and yet it can be argued that the Romans ended Etruscan Civilization. Still, through Roman Civilization the legacy of the Etruscans live on.

[@riccardofabbri1909]

Etruscan Legacy lives in the Roman one, you are right. We tuscans are proud of it.

[@samuelademeso9041]

Some would say the same of the Germanic groups that would later put the nail on the Roman empire with the sacking of rome

[@fadhilnugraha195]

@@samuelademeso9041 Yep. The German ended the Western Roman Empire, and then decided to create a new Roman Empire

[@damianm-nordhorn116]

Except for the language and extraordinary liberties, I'd rather see the Romans ADOPTING and EXPANDING Etruscan civilization ;)

[@lolloblue9646]

I mean, the two practically merged

[@utenteaf174]

I live near an important Etruscan city, there is an important cemetery called "Ipogeo dei Volumni" which has partly become a museum. However, some tombs excavated by the Etruscans remain free and my friends and I had the opportunity to explore them on our own and have fun in these fascinating places.

[@auggief729]

Love to learn about this civilization!

[@jman8850]

same! do u know if there will be a video on caesars death?

[@stephenejack3855]

The art in this episode is particularly well-done. Thank you.

[@EmilReiko]

non dysfunctional gods in healthy relationships... what blasphemy is this?

[@dlwatib]

The reason Zeus was so promiscuous is that Greece had so many diverse legends about the sky god impregnating this or that female who bears a giant or hero. It indicates that mythological developments were very decentralized in ancient Greece, Greek villages were originally quite isolated from one another and the Indo-European sky god was extremely dominant in Greek mythology with the fertility mother being a later development that came after the breakup of the Proto-Indo-European language. The Etruscans, by contrast, had a much more compact, unified culture (though disunited politically) with easier communication between settlements, so their mythology was shared between settlements as developments occurred, thus was more coherent. It also indicates that the sun god wasn't quite so dominant and was thought of as more the male aspect of the male-female duality that was incomplete without his lunar female partner... the sun rules the day, the moon rules the night.

[@DennisMK-vr6xc]

Love how your endings are so cinematic, the last two minutes of this video are gold! The music, the narration and the illustrations!

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

19:50 *YAY THE BOAR MADE IT INTO THIS VIDEO!*

[@Yuki_Francisco]

KYOUSHA Etruscan boar lives on in our hearts 😔

[@schroedingersdog7965]

"Boar Vessel, 600-500 BC, Etruscan, Ceramic" After more than 25 centuries, the Etruscans are still influencing our civilization - even our memes!

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

@The Iron-hearted Wolf boar vessel is a meme

[@kekero540]

Etruscan women: *have rights* Romans: “what are you? Depraved?”

[@IllicitGreen]

etruscan: dies out

[@caiawlodarski5339]

@Harrison _ More like 90% of voters, of both genders.

[@qus.9617]

@@caiawlodarski5339 Why don't you vote for x-party? Because... they are not us! Do you know anything about their policies? *proceeds to regurgitate what their favourite radio hosts whines infactually about everyday*

[@andreialban3317]

@Harry Paul because they eventually had the same problems with women as the etruscans... and some other reasons.

[@andreialban3317]

@Blade Strikes not the men

[@mysteriouspast6510]

Love how Kings and Generals always make documentaries on distinct cultures, cultures we have little idea about .

[@Keenan_G]

There’s no better feeling than stumbling onto a KZbin channel that seems awesome. You guys have over 1 million subscribers?! How have I never heard of you until now?!?!?

[@22vx]

Love Italian history! Thanks K&G 👍 ❤ Take the Etruscans, e.g. Their language was not Indo-European and they were likely indigenous peoples of the Italian peninsula. That's intriguing! My head spins thinking about it.

[@sogudabuyukakcay4876]

Etruscan were turks

[@htoodoh5770]

Were Roman also indigenous?

[@yvesremy7096]

Similar with the Basques - still present today, and still a mystery. They might even have been there before the Celts.

[@Liberty_Soundwave]

@@htoodoh5770 the romans themselves were aware they weren't

[@turkhavari]

Etruscian vs Turkic old Alphabet :D

[@evan]

Hahaha I love the dude repping the kings and generals merch

[@scythian-rus5421]

We can discern that the Etruscans came from SCYTHIAN-RUS, I mean its not that difficult its in the name ET-RUSKI (Che/Het-Rusci) meaning kinsman of the Rus, further Etruscan written language was translated long ago to be some sort of old Slavic/Russian by linguists such as Champi, Volansky and Chertkov, also Etruscans bring their own version of the swastika and the first Swastikas were found in Ukraine, Russia and Belorussia so historic territories associated with RUSSIA.

[@scythian-rus5421]

@@viktormogilin307 The history you know of was written by German historians at the head of the catholic church that manipulate stupid Ukrops like you into hating Russia for the sole pupose of controlling you, further Ukraine for most of history did not exist, it only exist at end of Soviet Union, for good portion of history Ukraine was known as Malorussia (Small Russia) Kievan Rus has everything to do with Russia and nothing to do with Ukraine stop embarassing yourself and go home, Ukraine today would be nothing without Russia.

[@scythian-rus5421]

@@viktormogilin307 what?

[@BringBackCyrillicBG]

@@viktormogilin307 Thats true. Thats how Macedonia was take from Bulgaria, by the mindset "divided and conquer " that the communists and serbians did. Serbian anti bulgarian propaganda is all over Makedonia

[@pennypiper7382]

@@scythian-rus5421 …that’s always been my personal theory. My uncle was a passionate reader of Etruscology and seeing the Etruscan tombs first hand was an experience. I believe the pre recorded history of mankind is extremely interesting. Watch this space.

[@graccusbro2061]

Good job Kings and Generals, this video was nothing short of breath-taking! well done!

[@antonk.2748]

I have been following your channel for a while and please let me tell you that what you are doing is top quality stuff. Excellent research and presentation, no clickbaiting, super informative and, something I am not used to on youtube anymore, I can fact check everything and it almost always ckecks out! Please never stop!

[@logang7778]

Great stuff as usual. I love your battle videos but I really enjoy how eclectic your content has become as well. Editing, art, music, it's all top notch. The Million subs is well deserved.

[@AngryHistorian87]

Great video. Although you should have mentioned that Roman emperor Claudius wrote a history of the Etruscans (which is now lost, unfortunately).

[@eugenebraxton2987]

That ending was 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@danielgray9066]

Amazing video! I was reading my college textbook over the civilization, but couldn’t quite grasp how influential and important the civilization was. This video really put it in perspective and aided in my knowledge of the Etruscans.

[@mathieug6136]

Very interesting one! I never realized they didn't have indo-european ancestry. I guess that explains why their society is more mysterious for us. We still don't understand their language right?

[@parthbonde2106]

We have deciphered it. It is mentioned in the video.

[@mathieug6136]

@@parthbonde2106 I think it is easy to read as it is in greek script, but most words meaning are unknown as far as I know. There is no Rosetta stone equivalent sadly and no other language appears to be related.

[@neutronalchemist3241]

All the existing inscriptions had been translated, but, since they are mainly burial texts the vocabulary we know is still pretty limited.

[@milosstefanovic5002]

@@LuisAldamiz Most similar translation of Etruscan points at southeast European group, Serbian, Bulgarian, Proto Slavic.FIrst decoded by Czech linguist Bezih Rozni. Even today when I read his translation, it almost sounds identical to Serbian.

[@kohterg3713]

@@milosstefanovic5002 no it doesn't. Enough with the nonsensical pseudoscience.

[@SuchDoge4242]

I was literally thinking "damn, there is like no documentarys on the Estruscuans" then you dropped this gem! Thank you!!

[@SuchDoge4242]

@Tecumseh Thanks champ! I appreciate it.

[@Liquidsback]

I put my Etruscan you, pushed as far as I can go.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Whaaaa?

[@demonpigeon]

Hahaha Linkin Park

[@Xaiff]

Well, in the end it doesn't even matter, does it?

[@reneernesto5748]

in the end

[@youtubearkiv7612]

@@KingsandGenerals The famous chair of the Etruscans Selacurules, first portable chair ever have an Albanian name "Çel_a_kur_ulesh" in Albanian means it's open when you seat down Çel = Open â = it's Kur = when Ulesh = sit down

[@mikeg2306]

An interesting aspect is that while the Romans retroactively claimed Trojan heritage, it’s the Etruscans who may have been actual Trojans. The Etruscan language is related to the language of Lemnos, an island off the coast of Anatolia, and may be related to Luwian, a North Anatolian language that may have been the language of the Trojans. And the Cyclopean masonry is a feature of Mycenaean architecture, showing that the Etruscans had connections to the Eastern Mediterranean. Also might explain why they were so much more advanced so early on than their Italic neighbors.

[@sensoukami]

Do you have a source for that? My (very limited understanding) was that Etruscan is a language isolate. And I ask out of genuine curiosity; not trying to throw shade.

[@knowledgedesk1653]

@@sensoukami It is generally believed that etruscan is related to other languages like raetic and lemnian. Called tyrsenian languages

[@vaggelistheodorou8146]

"Boar Vessel, 600-500 BC, Estruscan, ceramic"

[@thedoruk6324]

The most *underrated* ancient European Civilazation, after the Picts

[@thedoruk6324]

@@olumluhayatbugunvarsinyari1326 Asyalı oldukları söyleniyor ama resmi bir çalışma yok. Avrupalı olma ihtimalleri daha yüksek

[@thedoruk6324]

@James Newstead Yep

[@thedoruk6324]

@Samuel Díez I heard that they are quite likely to be Originated from Anatolia; being legitemate indeginous anatolians similiar to hittites; but there's no official studies about it

[@thedoruk6324]

@James Newstead I mean you're doing similiar favouritism yourself Admitedly; There're many ancient & modern people that don't gave New innovations to planet

[@thedoruk6324]

@Aleksa Petrovic Thracians recognized; albeit only barely I heard everyone speak about the Dacians though

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

9:48 "Pathologically adulterous". I'm definitely stealing that phrase for later use

[@FrogFace64]

Amazing video and presentation. This perfectly encapsulates everything I love about studying history

[@DandozWar]

I'm from Tuscany and this video makes me proud.

[@taylorpacella3858]

My family came over from Tuscany InThe 1900’s and we did the ancestry dna and it told me about the Etruscans being my ancestors I’ve never heard of them before now I’m proud to

[@leandroulpio7473]

@@taylorpacella3858 Pacella is not a tuscan family name

[@taylorpacella3858]

@@leandroulpio7473 my great great grandmother was from the area my last name comes from southern Italy from my great great grandfather and he moved to her area

[@leandroulpio7473]

@@taylorpacella3858 Excuse me, so among 16 great great grand parents, only one of them was Tuscan?

[@shorebreakers96]

You know the saying "Rome conquered the etruscan, then the etruscan conquered the romans" "The romans conquered greece, but Greece conquered Rome"

[@v44n7]

seems like rome used to conquer other civilizations, but they loved to assimilate culture and religion. Rome was so amazing, cultural and religion tolerance , the only thing I hate about Rome is that they had slaves all it's history.

[@krspaceT1]

Then the Christians burned the temples...

[@Mantid539]

@@v44n7 Yes but no, they hated barbarians and peoples generally "lesser" as them. Half romans were shunned if their father was of foreign blood.

[@pedrosabino8751]

@@v44n7 also USA had slaves.

[@giorgosstamatopoulos8115]

@I Am cry more

[@stojanhansen3782]

Dude I love this channel soooo damn much!!! My day gets 100% when you guys post a new vid!! Thank you

[@amataphegea4429]

My town was founded by Tarquinians. Thanks for have loaded this video. Just one slight adjustment: Etruscans called themselves 'rasna'.

[@antoniospano8006]

I am from the south, from the Campania region and my city was founded by a Norman count, a barbarian count named Rainulfh drengot, my region was under barbarian rule for 700 years after the fall of Rome.

[@andrei1637]

I heard once a roman saying like: "We think that when clouds collide they make lightning. Etruscans think that clouds collide in order to make lightning"

[@andrei1637]

@Osman Oglu It ment that they (romans) took things as they were but etruscans gave meaning to meaningless things in their religion. And he said something on the lines of "etruscans are very superstitious"

[@EJProject]

You must be very old.

[@andrei1637]

@@EJProject I think I heard it in voices of the past

[@andrei1637]

@Osman Oglu No problem mate, have a good day

[@parthbonde2106]

@@andrei1637 U heard a ROMAN saying something ? In which era do u live mate?

[@Justificus]

Very good video! Brief, concise, and informative. Well done!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Saintphoenix86]

That ending was very beautiful, well done to the writer/writers

[@bvyup2112]

this is really in depth. I always hear mention of Etruscans and I knew they preceded Rome, but that was it really. Good video showing their evolution and impact.

[@vickilindberg6336]

I was first attracted to the Etruscans by their funeralary boxes. Many of the exteriors showed humorous depictions of the deceased. That is the major difference I see between old Etruscans & younger Roman society - a sense of humor.I see Romans as engineers & Etruscans as much more artistic.

[@saltedllama2759]

What a fascinating and mysterious culture. No one is even 100% sure where they came from. Those are my favorite civilizations to study!

[@bretthess6376]

I had some dried salted llama once. It was disgusting. Nothing personal. Just a memory from the old days. Roast llama tastes like roast camel. Not surprising, both camelids. Give me buffalo any day.

[@Armorius2199]

K&G, Nice coverage of the Etruscans, I hope we could see a documentary on the Samnites.

[@xSoulhunterDKx]

Still one of the best Video series of all Time regarding History. Love you guys ❤️

[@NicoxBass]

you should do the same with samnites, sabines veneti, ligurians, mesapics, southern italian greeks and umbrians!

[@Fordo007]

I'd love a series on those peoples, early Italy and it's people don't get enough coverage.

[@alexandros735]

Do a greek civilization: Minoan edition please!!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Etruscans: “I used to rule the world...”

[@chowyee5049]

see the fear in my enemy's eyes...

[@anjusanal]

Then they died of stomach cancer...or arsenic poisoning......

[@tomvos5594]

1000 years later: Romans: "I used to rule the world..." Another 1500 years later: British: "I used to rule the world..." Wonder who will rule the world 2000 years from now... And what the "world" will be by that time 🤔

[@LuisBrito-ly1ko]

Luis Aldamiz Humans: *Existing for hundreds of thousands of years* You: We won’t last 2000 more years. Me: Boi

[@tomvos5594]

@@LuisAldamiz lol I wrote it for fun, not serious debate xD Didn't you notice? To be serious though, I agree with @luis brito his point. Also, a single ethnicity and language will never exist, neither will a *unified* global civilization. That's got to do with the major cultural differences each country has compared to other countries. Unless people have been raised in a multidisciplinary intercontinental environment, there's a high chance that they cannot even imagine the difference between major cultural differences and their impact on the world. Not to mention the minor cultural differences 😬 And no, the difference between an afro-american and a white american isn't intercontinental, because they're both american 😉 So no, there'll never be *one* earth nation. Though I do believe that co-operation between all different cultures and countries *is* a possibility 😀

[@greenier8658]

Thanks!

[@danielconde13]

Had the first contact with the Etruscan civilization in a Portuguese museum, near the town of Sintra, not far from Lisbon, which preserves 3 beautiful sarcophagus, that were brought to a nearby XIX Century romantic era chateau. Before that, never heard of them.

[@ericconnor8251]

Great video all around, thanks for sharing, although I'm slightly disappointed that you didn't cover the Etruscan alliance with Carthage against the Greek colonists of the Western Mediterranean, namely in the island of Corsica. After the Battle of Alalia in 540 BC, the Pyrrhic victory of the Greeks at that confrontation was not enough to save them and they were forced to evacuate Corsica, occupied by the Etruscans while the Carthaginians took hold of Sardinia.

[@MajesticSkywhale]

So now when people say they've read something they "listened" to a 15 minute sample

[@damianmcintyre8012]

Erik Van der Zee real

[@Sarke2]

Another great video from Kings and Generals, fantastic study on Etruscans.

[@ItsJakeStuff]

This is amazing! I love the "Etruscans". Only thing they always label backwards in these is its not 'the warrior class consisted of the elite' its that warriors were the people considered elite back in those times. Didn't matter how smart you were if someone could kill you in an instant or vice versa. Intellect becomes second by default and has to fight hard to keep up.

[@susettehorspool2646]

The architectural designers were the elite in those days too.

[@SaadBinAlamgir3345]

Rome: From little city to a massive empire!

[@SaadBinAlamgir3345]

@The Martial Lord of Loyalty Haha! Nope! Papal state was a little bit bigger!

[@SaadBinAlamgir3345]

@Mr Seboss Hmm.....

[@YiannissB.]

@Mr Seboss true words

[@SaadBinAlamgir3345]

@The Martial Lord of Loyalty Hm.... It back to little city?? How??

[@SaadBinAlamgir3345]

@The Martial Lord of Loyalty But it regained when Turks came.... At 16/17th century Constantinople was the most popular city in Europe

[@stormyprawn]

Wow that was a really interesting video :D They're such a fascinating culture and it's a shame that it isn't covered more

[@thomasmorris9022]

Magnificent video, one of your best. Made me pretty emotional, beautiful word craft and interesting as always.

[@eccoeco3454]

The Etruscans about the Greek pantheon: Cool cool, I like this a lot but.... what if the gods *WEREN'T* psychotic debouched murderous man-childs? The greeks: *surprised Pikachu face*

[@eccoeco3454]

@Ίon ahahahahahahahah what are you even barking about My god Also, you call me uncultured? Apart form the fact that this is a bit of my field (I am focusing on late antiquity and early middle age but I still have a good grasp of Hellenism and classical antiquity) I don't know pal, You are the one that seems to be trigger-happily yapping about some poorly understood notions of classical antiquity acquired on some "greek pagan master race Fanclub" dank recess of 4chan...

[@sheadoherty7434]

@Ίon calm down, nobody thinks you're intelligent, you don't have to pretend

[@xuchilpaba]

@@sheadoherty7434 He/she was making a joke, sense of humor is a sign of intelligence.

[@Vitorruy1]

lmao man childs hahah

[@अजिङ्क्यगोखले]

A similar history can be found in the Indo-Aryan vedic civilization of Northern India, when the kingdom of Magadha gradually expanded to conquer all other vedic tribes to become the dominant power in the region. It was the end of the vedic era and the start of the classical era.

[@johnericberlin4640]

Etruscans: WE WILL RULE FOREVER Rome: Are you sure about that?

[@focast1825]

Thank you so much for not saying “hop light” I was so relieved.

[@athenasatanjesus]

13:15 so they actually fought the way Hollywood thinks all ancient people fought wars.

[@pedrosabino8751]

Damn hollywood

[@samuelademeso9041]

Well what were you expecting, them playing football or something?

[@Gentleman...Driver]

@@samuelademeso9041 Tactics...

[@Stargazer86m]

Thank you! :) Would be great learning more on Illyrian and Celtic people of the same are further East. Very undervalued topic in my opinion .

[@emj7218]

Illyrian were speaking proto albanian :-) Dalmatian were Illyrians (from proto-albanian "Delmë" =Sheeps)

[@Stargazer86m]

@@emj7218 You can't be Celts, Illyrians, Thracians and Romans at the same time. Make up your mind and read serious studies. Sick of all the Balkans people claiming shit about Illyrians. Last person spoke Dalmatian language 100 years ago and it was nothing like Albanian, way more like Romanian of today. And I am not Romanian but still objectively can claim that based on scientific research, how about you? And weren't Dardanians Celtic tribe? And what happened to story of Germanic Obotrites, weren't you that too? Fact is you're closer to Iranians than Illyrians (hg I2a1) genetically. And that's fine. Albania is nice country, just don't claim something you cannot prove in solid evidence. That's too typical for all Balkan countries.

[@Stargazer86m]

@Arlind Albanian No, I did not. And neither did I claim that Serbs are Illyrians. You are well undereducated on the topic if you claim continuity with Illyrians. Damn, not even modern Greeks claim continuity with ancient Greeks. Fact is, you Albanians have serious case of national identity crisis. And you're no different from rest of Balkans there, albeit more vocal. Basing your claims on language only, reminds me of that quasi-history book I have seen online, where guy claims Romans were Serbs and bases it on words Serbian burrowed from Latin. Grow up and let qualified people talk about history.

[@yarahelal9412]

I just discovered this channel and absolutely love it. instantly subscribed! the animations are so well-done and vibrant, the narration is great and I love that it's thorough without being a massive infodump. it's easy to actually learn from these videos and retain the important bits. thank you!

[@arturomorales966]

I would like to express my gratitude to this channel, for everything... 🙏

[@Stoneworks]

I was WAITING for Boar Vessel, 600-500 BC, Etruscan Ceramic; 19:52

[@AndrewChannelInternational]

Oh Tuscans... they always want to be the best Italians :P

[@lifelessfigure]

And we are ;)

[@silverskull7669]

@@lifelessfigure voi e le vostre maledette c aspirate.

[@antinoofromgreece6560]

I'm from Brazil but some of my ancestors were Tuscans and they claimed to be the best Italians they're so proud of their heritage.

[@pedrosabino8751]

Everyone knows that the umbrians are the best italians 😉

[@sebastianolmsted2867]

@@pedrosabino8751 I beg to differ, the Venetians are the best!

[@joshcoup6440]

Wonderful little museum to the Etruscans in Fiesole Italy, just outside Florence.

[@ji1lo2tt7g]

I would LOOOOOVE a playlist of all the ancient Roman videos in historic chronological order

[@uuuu6590]

19:50 THE BOAR

[@giorgiociaravolol1998]

YES! I've been waiting so much for a video about italic civilizations! Next, do the Samnites please Btw, as a student of etruscology (yes, we have that in Italy) it was super exciting. Keep it like that! ❤️

[@nomadichorseman]

I always get so excited for Thursday and Sunday because my favorite show, that BLOWS cable TV and the History Channel out of the water, releases a new episode. Thank you, K&G, for giving us our semi-weekly history lesson! 😀

[@mrblackmamba117]

I was always interested in pre-Roman history of Europe. This is a cool video thanks!

[@13destrier13]

I really enjoyed the video! It would be nice to have similar videos about the other lesser known peoples of the Italian peninsula. I think Justinian was "blue" (the more aristocratic fratria). His (low-born) wife Theodora was "green".

[@michalpieter3926]

Nope, she was also a Blue.

[@jobanpreetbrar9272]

please do a video on the SIKH EMPIRE (india) as very less quality content is available (i am also a sikh) . i stumbled upon your channel and surely saw some good quality in animation as well as history .Hope you read this comment .

[@joeenglishtv]

I believe you made a mistake in minute 2 and 19 seconds when you said: "...and their cities lit up the Italian heartland: Pisa, Bologna, CAPUA and many other modern..." I'm convinced you meant to say 'PADUA', as this city is truly located not far from ancient Etruria whereas Capua is in Campania, which is way further south. Do correct me if I'm wrong 🤗

[@toze2145]

Cato the Elder attributed Capua's founding to the Etruscans and there are several Villanovian settlement sites in the area around it. So, it doesn't seem they were wrong.

[@libertatemadvocatus1797]

The Etruscan homeland was north of Rome to the Alps, but they established colonies in southern Italy and even as far as Sicily according to some sources.