Whoops, forgot to ping. Good weekly digest ping topic as well.
Posted on 01/21/2018 2:55:01 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Whoops, forgot to ping. Good weekly digest ping topic as well.
The Phoenicians were planting settlements from around the 8th Century BC. Were the Etruscans allies?
I’m convinced!
Maybe they coexisted. As I understand, the Etruscans developed into Rome and Carthage developed around the Phonecian colony at that location. They grew to become jealous and bitter enemies.
I think it was more an issue of Rome absorbing Etruria. That was a few centuries later than this settlement.
Are they planning to lose it, then find it again?
The Ionians were the E's closest commercial contacts in the eastern med, but because the Carthaginians were around in the west, they also did a lot of trade. I remember seeing a photo of an Etruscan bronze statue of "Upulu", their version of Apollo, as well as a business contract on gold foil between an Etruscan customer and Phoenician merchant. The Lemnian stele (found on Lemnos in the Aegean) is Etruscan or a related language or dialect, and some of their tomb interiors resemble Minoan stuff from the Aegean.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
