Etruscans: Italian Civilization Before Ancient Rome
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Our new animated historical documentary talks about the Etruscans. Their origins, culture, religion, lifestyle and how they influenced the Roman Republic and through it the world.
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19:23 - you know what to do :-) bit.ly/2P6F8Y8
@Kings and Generals will be done. As always another excellent video, very glad to support this channel
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.
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🤯
Anyone else go-ahead and like the video before you ever watch it?
@@FreeFallingAir I do that on a regular basis
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?
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Can't get a Monty Python reference past this old dog. My compliments. Please enjoy a bag of Wolf Nipple Chips with the video.
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!!!
@@petermills3814... 😂🤣😅
@@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..
@@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.
"Im sure those new neighbours of Rome wont be a problem" Famous last etruscan words
Roma invicta!!!!
*Dovahatty intensifies*
Biggus Dickus Dovahatty is love
Dovahatty is life
Etruria Delenda Est
@@torum6448 yes. He's the omega Chad
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.
Ah, but you have access now!!
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 CZcams has helped, she also knows the importance of good books.
I just wished they live closer, to take advantage of my own library, sigh.
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.
Cut him some slack: he did not have any pants.
@@SmashBrosBrawl ok he couldn’t keep it in his chiton
And none of his sons had guts to castrate him, like his father did to his.
These Greeks just could not live without drama
Yes indeed.. all the powerful people they do that
Etruscans were one of the most underrated and advanced ancient western civilizations.
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
@@Arthurwellesley12 heh who cares, I'm happy of the outcome anyway.
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
What do you mean the "western"???
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.
Rome when they see another city-state: THIS WILL MAKE A FINE ADDITION TO MY COLLECTION.
I saw you comment on another video the other day, cant remember what.
Then comes the huns, Germanic tribes, and Gauls: HELLO THERE
Hippity hoppity you're now my property!
"You guys are still living in city states? Dude that's so last epoch, lemme fix that for you."
just like blood sucking brit.even rome seems not as barbaric
You should do a video like this for the other italic pre roman peoples! Samnites, Sabines, Umbrians, Lugurians, etc
yes
This. I myself am interested what the Samnites were like.
Ligurians are one of my favourite ancient population. Indomitable and harsh as Liguria can be.
@@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.
Umbrians were italics
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.
amazing, didnt know that!
Persona it's Serbian word
@@vesnadjokic146 I'm talking about the origin, not the current use
@@pippoari yes Iam talking about origin coz Etruscan letter was Serbian ancient letter
@@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.
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?
Not just after the fall of the Empire. Much of the Renaissance of Europe began in Tuscany.
They stopped to be Etruscans during the Roman Empire and even less after its fall.
It's more the geography than the people
@@LuisAldamiz I wouldn't call the renaissance limited to only Italy, it basically dragged Europe out of the dark ages...
@@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.
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
You forgot being breast-feed by a she-wolf.
Dont forget to force marriage Sabinian Women and do the same to the entire Mediterranean.
You forgot point 2,5 : Defeat Carthage in 3 Major wars
4. Defeat your trade competitors and literally cover their only fertile field with salt.
This also worked in my Empire
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.
You from India?
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
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
No challenge, this is the best channel for history nerds like me
Check out Historia Civilis, i like that channel even more then this one, you might enjoy it too.
@@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.
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.
I live for videos like this lol
One of the best :)
20:00 I go to sleep at night and dream about Boar Vessel, 600-500BC, Etruscan, Ceramic.
I don't get the boar vessel thing
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
Love how your endings are so cinematic, the last two minutes of this video are gold! The music, the narration and the illustrations!
Whoever did the graphics deserves a medal. Beautiful. You guys have been killing it as of late.
The school textbook never mentioned the Etruscans. Good thing we have Kings and Generals to fill the void
Because they’re not very significant to world history except in their relationship to Rome.
saying that you miss out on how influential Rome was and how much effect its had on our society including yours.
@@kevin6293 But Rome was pretty significant to history. That would make the Etruscans just as important as Rome considering the context of their relationship.
@@kevin6293 They built the cloaca maxima in Rome, which was very important... ;) :)
Because Etruscans did not look like today's "Europeans". Ancient artifacts have them looking more like Pacific Islanders.
Greetings from Tuscia, the area of the etruscans 🇮🇹
Greetings from Milton Pennsylvania home of malicious ignorant rednecks
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!
"Herodotus records them as migrating from Anatolia."
"They appear in Italy around the time of the Trojan Wars."
Hmmmmm......
Yes ,details from their buildings have been associated with Asia Minor's civilizations
Trojans were indo European thought
@@user-pd1kc7dc6o were they? I mean they weren't Greek, and supposedly had cultural and political ties with the Lydians, who were also non Indo-European.
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).
the moment when u realize 'white' civilizations are based on lies and other cultures
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
@@johnkar9657 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.
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
@@johnkar9657 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.
@@johnkar9657 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
@@johnkar9657 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.
Good job Kings and Generals, this video was nothing short of breath-taking! well done!
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!
*Etruscans:* How many Etruscan cities are you planning to conquer Rome?
*Rome:* Yes
they are so united in Rome 2 rise of the republic! only veii works independently, so far never managed to conquer them
🤣🤣🤣🤣
*proceeds to conquer 90% the whole known world*
*Etruscans*: Hey I was joking
The moment when you realise the fall of Rome pretty much was just the secound fall of the Etruscan
@@b.cdrisk2035 My sister calls herself a genius - doesn't mean that it's true. But I understand completely what you're saying.
Civilization exists in a cyclic pattern
@@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.
@@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..."
@@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.
Magnificent video, one of your best.
Made me pretty emotional, beautiful word craft and interesting as always.
There’s no better feeling than stumbling onto a CZcams channel that seems awesome. You guys have over 1 million subscribers?! How have I never heard of you until now?!?!?
19:50 *YAY THE BOAR MADE IT INTO THIS VIDEO!*
KYOUSHA Etruscan boar lives on in our hearts 😔
"Boar Vessel, 600-500 BC, Etruscan, Ceramic" After more than 25 centuries, the Etruscans are still influencing our civilization - even our memes!
@The Iron-hearted Wolf boar vessel is a meme
Love the art style for this video, especially the new map which rivals the mosaic one!
Still one of the best Video series of all Time regarding History. Love you guys ❤️
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.
Love to learn about this civilization!
same! do u know if there will be a video on caesars death?
Rome was like "that's a fine city you have there" "would be ashame if someone I dont know CONQUERED IT"
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
"Nice city, I think I'll take it."
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.
Amazing job with these videos! I just subscribed to your channel. Are you planning to do a similar episode on the ancient Thracians? They were as mysterious and as interesting as the Etruscans. Would love it! Thanks 🙏
Etruscan women: *have rights*
Romans: “what are you? Depraved?”
etruscan: dies out
@Harrison _ More like 90% of voters, of both genders.
@@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*
@Harry Paul because they eventually had the same problems with women as the etruscans... and some other reasons.
@Blade Strikes not the men
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.
Etruscan were turks
Were Roman also indigenous?
Similar with the Basques - still present today, and still a mystery. They might even have been there before the Celts.
@@htoodoh5770 the romans themselves were aware they weren't
Etruscian vs Turkic old Alphabet :D
Another great video from Kings and Generals, fantastic study on Etruscans.
I would like to express my gratitude to this channel, for everything... 🙏
Italy wouldn’t have been the same if Rome never rose
Actually the entire world would be different
same for the persian (iranian), sumerian, phoenician and first and foremost the Islamic civilizations. they all shaped human civilization
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.
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.
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!!
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.
The art in this episode is particularly well-done. Thank you.
Very good video! Brief, concise, and informative. Well done!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The ending tot his video was simply great and gave me goosebumps, hats off another great video
It's about time the Etruscan's got some love. Thanks K&G!
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!
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
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.
Loads of Turk Nationalists as well
Always a pleasure to get some new knowledge from your channel👍
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.
9:48 "Pathologically adulterous". I'm definitely stealing that phrase for later use
Amazing video and presentation. This perfectly encapsulates everything I love about studying history
you guys are great. thanks for making these videos!
Dude I love this channel soooo damn much!!! My day gets 100% when you guys post a new vid!! Thank you
That ending was 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I've been waiting for this videos a long time. Amazing.
Do one about the Bosporus Kingdoms
Thank you for this beautiful documentary 👌
non dysfunctional gods in healthy relationships... what blasphemy is this?
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.
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.
Etruscan Legacy lives in the Roman one, you are right. We tuscans are proud of it.
Some would say the same of the Germanic groups that would later put the nail on the Roman empire with the sacking of rome
@@samuelademeso9041 Yep. The German ended the Western Roman Empire, and then decided to create a new Roman Empire
Except for the language and extraordinary liberties, I'd rather see the Romans ADOPTING and EXPANDING Etruscan civilization ;)
Thanks for the excellent description
Map work gone to a whole new level! AWESOME again K+Gs!!!
Hahaha I love the dude repping the kings and generals merch
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 That would be Kievan Rus nothing to do with russia, it didn't exist, peter the imposter supposedly dreamt of an Idea of great russian empire but czar nicholas was still sending expeditions over the ural mountains in the late 1800's & early 1900's, that was 200 years later, in the soviet union there was 45+ official languages of soviet socialist republics, what is a republic? An individual identity, a lot of genocide was happening, the old addage of divide & conquer, even today there is no russia, it is a federation, what is a federation? Many little goverments, an unhealthy alliance of central power, took them 300 years for common language old slavonic & countless wars, 300 years of genocide & still happening today, modern history is BS, history is written by the conquerer not the truth
@@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 & your history was run by german blood & I am not what you say, research tells the story😜
@@viktormogilin307 what?
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
Beautifully done as always, Im really looking forward to more of your stuff on the Illyrians
Excellent video. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
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.
Have we established thay Aineas and Troy were ever real?
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.
@@ThrillaWhale Can you link me some definitive troy information? I've never come across anything but i know its an area under active study.
@@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.
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.
Love how Kings and Generals always make documentaries on distinct cultures, cultures we have little idea about .
you should do the same with samnites, sabines veneti, ligurians, mesapics, southern italian greeks and umbrians!
I'd love a series on those peoples, early Italy and it's people don't get enough coverage.
Thank you so much for not saying “hop light”
I was so relieved.
Great video. Although you should have mentioned that Roman emperor Claudius wrote a history of the Etruscans (which is now lost, unfortunately).
I was literally thinking "damn, there is like no documentarys on the Estruscuans" then you dropped this gem! Thank you!!
@Tecumseh Thanks champ! I appreciate it.
I was always interested in pre-Roman history of Europe. This is a cool video thanks!
Great historical video! Keep up it! :D
K&G, Nice coverage of the Etruscans, I hope we could see a documentary on the Samnites.
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! 😀
Thank you for sharing!!!!
Great video! Thank you!!
That ending was very beautiful, well done to the writer/writers
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
@@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
@@alexandrosaiakides4539 Nice try, troll
@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
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.
@@Zamolxes77 t f ?? ='D
Brilliant history and beautiful artwork
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.
Do a greek civilization: Minoan edition please!!
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Thank You Kings & Generals! Thank you, I really mean that.
Como siempre. Bien documentado y entretenido. Gracias por compartirlo
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?
We have deciphered it. It is mentioned in the video.
@@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.
All the existing inscriptions had been translated, but, since they are mainly burial texts the vocabulary we know is still pretty limited.
@@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.
@@milosstefanovic5002 no it doesn't. Enough with the nonsensical pseudoscience.
Awesome video guys!
I love those map graphics, the textures of the sea especially
"Boar Vessel, 600-500 BC, Estruscan, ceramic"
I put my Etruscan you, pushed as far as I can go.
Whaaaa?
Hahaha Linkin Park
Well, in the end it doesn't even matter, does it?
in the end
@@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
Absolutely great video!! The Etruscans would be proud 🙌👍
Thank you so much for this knowledge that is so hopeful and impressive. I am keen on old live, history and culture. Congrats
The most *underrated* ancient European Civilazation, after the Picts
@@olumluhayatbugunvarsinyari1326 Asyalı oldukları söyleniyor ama resmi bir çalışma yok. Avrupalı olma ihtimalleri daha yüksek
@James Newstead Yep
@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
@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
@Aleksa Petrovic Thracians recognized; albeit only barely
I heard everyone speak about the Dacians though
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! ❤️
Great content!
My town was founded by Tarquinians. Thanks for have loaded this video. Just one slight adjustment: Etruscans called themselves 'rasna'.
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.
Amazing!
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.
What a historic and heroic study...I shall subscribe with a bell to honor your effect.
This channel is fantastic