|
that, by the sixth century B.C., the Etruscans had established a confederation of independent citystates |
|
while Etruscan women enjoyed a comparatively elevated place in society |
|
whether the Etruscans shared with the Greeks a religion based on the worship of gods in human form |
|
just as it appears that Etruscan settlements in Italy go back to the late Bronze Age |
|
since their language, although written in a Greek alphabet, has not yet been fully deciphered |