The Etruscan’s, liberal left of fairly degenerate Roman mores, would be hailed today by leftist leaning NY and San Francisco.
Interesting the article describes them as ‘fun loving sensuous people’. Fun loving?
The city of Pompeii was founded by the Etruscan’s and retained their customs.
In Pompeii, first century, all variations of sexuality were openly and blatantly pursued. Homosexuality, group orgies and pedophilia were widely accepted as normal behavior.
It has been argued that mores of Pompeii reflected the norm in general Etruscan society.
Not so. It was founded before Rome but not by the Etruscans, but by one of the Southern "Italic" nations,