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They were the foundation of the Roman civilization.

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Very little is known. The Romans did not write much about it and only fragments written by the Etruscan have been found Moreover, Etruscan influence occurred in the archaic days of Rome and there is hardly any archaeological evidence. The Romans thought that some of their gods had Etruscan origins. It was said that Tarquinius Priscus, the 5th king of Rome, celebrated his triumphs in the Etruscan fashion, riding a golden chariot drawn by four horses, while wearing a gold-embroidered toga and the tunica palmata, a tunic upon which palm-leaves were embroidered. He also introduced other Etruscan insignia of civilian authority and military distinction: the sceptre of the king; the trabea, a purple garment that varied in form, but was perhaps most often used as a mantle; the fasces carried by the lictors; the curule chair; the toga praetexta, later worn by various magistrates and officials; the rings worn by senators; thepaludamentum, a cloak associated with military command; and the phalera, a disc of metal worn on a soldier's breastplate during parades, or displayed on the standards of various military units. Strabo reports that Tarquin introduced Etruscan sacrificial and divinitory rites, as well as the tuba, a straight horn used chiefly for military purposes.

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The Etruscans influenced Rome by turning their villages into towns and cities therefore bringing urbanization to Northern and Central Italy. Etruscans were responsible for an outstanding building program. Rome was their most famous creation.

Romans adopted Etruscandress and the insignia of the Etruscans' kings become the insignia of Roman magistrates.

The Romans adopted the Etruscans' alphabet, architecture, and army. Etruscans also influenced Roman art.

The Etruscans were one of the peoples who had some influence on Roman religion.

Early Latin architecture was influenced by both the Etruscans and the Greeks. According to the Roman tradition, the 5th king of Rome introduced:

· The celebration of triumphs in Etruscan style

· The golden chariot of the king

· The fasces, a bundle of wooden sticks with an axe sticking out in the middle. This was used by the lictors, the guards of the consuls and the praetor. They were also a symbol of the power and authority of the consuls and the praetor.

· The clothes worn by people in positions of authority. The trabea, the robe worn by the king and then the consuls and priests during public ceremonies. The toga praetexta, the robe worn by higher officers of state and the curule chair they sat on as a symbol of their authority. The paludamnetum, a cloak worn by generals and their higher officers when commanding an army (but not during peace).

· The falera, round ornamental metal disks for helmets, armour and harness of horses.

because the Romans adopted there dress and there army style and made it work for them

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It is difficult to tell. The fashionable theory that the Etruscans conquered and civilized Rome has now been challenged. Its evidence base is flimsy and the assumptions on which it is based are highly dubious. More recent archaeological evidence suggests a different picture.

The Etruscans must have had some influence on their next door neighbors, the Romans. However, this was in the archaic period (the very early days) and much of its traces must have disappeared. Moreover, Etruscan civilization decayed fairly soon, while the Roman one continued to flourish and develop for many more centuries.

We are told that Romulus used an Etruscan ritual for the foundation of Rome. The Roman continued to use this ritual for the foundation of new towns. We also are told that the fifth king, Tarquinius Priscus, a half Etruscan and half Greek, introduced the Etruscan golden chariot, the Etruscan way of celebrating a triumph, various types of clothes worn by the authorities and the priests, the curule chair on which officers of state sat as a symbol of authority, and the lictors. The latter were the bodyguards of the king (and later of the consuls) who bore the fasce, bundles of sticks tied to a pole with an ax.

It is not clear as the Etruscan influenced occurred in the archaic period and then the Etruscan civilization disappeared. Architecture in archaic Rome and Latium (land of the Latins) was influenced by both the Etruscan and the Greeks of the Greek city of Cumae, near Naples. The Etruscans influenced some of the religious cults of the Romans. The toga may have been of Etruscan origin. The fascies, a tied bundle of wooden rods with an ax attached to it, which was used by the bodyguards of the rulers in early Rome was said it have originated from Etruria.

It is not clear because there is not much archaeological evidence. The Etruscan religion had a degree of influence on Roman religion. The Romans said that the fith king of Rome, Taruinius Priscus, introduced a number of Etrucan customs: the trabea (a toga with several purple stripes worn by the kings), the king's sceptre, the toga praetexta (a toga worn by public officials and some priests and, later, freeborn boys not yet come of age), the paludamentum (the cloak worn by Roman generals), the sella curule (a chair public officials sat on as a status symbol), the falera (a precious metal sculpted disk worn on the breastplate during parades by Roman soldiers who had been awarded it as a kind of medal), the lictors (the bodyguards of the kings and later of the consuls of the Roman Republic) and the fasces ( a bound bundle of wooden rods, sometimes including an axe with its blade sticking out) used by the lictors, the tubae (the horns used by the army) and music played on public ceremonies.

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