Like many ancient societies, the Italics and the Etruscans conducted campaigns during summer months, raiding neighboring areas, attempting to gain territory and combating piracy/banditism as a means of acquiring valuable resources such as land, prestige and goods. In addition to marking the rank and power of certain individuals in their culture, warfare was a considerable economic boon to their civilization. The Italics and the Etruscans had a significant military tradition. The Italics were war-like as the Etruscans (the gladiatorial displays actually evolved out of Etruscan funerary customs).
Historians have no literature, no texts of religion or philosophy therefore much of what is known about this civilization is derived from grave goods and tomb findings. The origins of the Etruscans are lost in prehistory. They founded cities like Tarquinia, Veii and Volterra and deeply influenced Roman culture, as clearly shown by the Etruscan origin of some of the mythical Roman kings. The Etruscans ( Etrusci or Tusci in Latin) were settled north of Rome in Etruria (modern northern Lazio, Tuscany and part of Umbria). In the 8th century BCE, a group of Italic tribes ( Latins in the west, Sabines in the upper valley of the Tiber, Umbrians in the north-east, Samnites in the South, Oscans and others) shared the Italian peninsula with two other major ethnic groups: the Etruscans in the North, and the Greeks in the south. The Italian peninsula has been a centre of military conflict throughout European history: because of this, Italy has a long military tradition.Īncient Italy Etruscan funerary urn crowned with the sculpture of a woman and a front-panel relief showing two warriors fighting, polychrome terracotta, c.
The military history of Italy chronicles a vast time period, lasting from ancient Rome, through the medieval period, the Renaissance, the Italian unification, and into the modern day. Expansion of the territory called "Italy" from ancient Greece until Diocletian
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