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Topic: Origins of the Etruscans 
Topic Editor: Nesnut Hatshepsut
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Author: etruscan - Velthur Valerius 
Date: Jun 28, 2000 04:20
      We know well that today the official etruscologia has made its the theory 
      of the Pallottino that sees in the Etruscan people one technical-cultural 
      evolution of ancient italiche people. We want however to give our personal 
      contribution to the argument with critical spirit but not trying to make a 
      reasoning various. 
      In the 540 a.C. in the battle of the Sardinian sea that they see 
      contrapposte the fleet focese (Greek) against those ally puniche-Etruscans 
      the technological level of the 3 marinerie it is identical. The used ships 
      are the pentecontore (ships to a single order of addles). In the 414 a.C. 
      during I besiege atienese of Siracusa (war of the Peloponneso) an Etruscan 
      shipment of 3 pentecontore giudata from the Etruscan pretore Velthur 
      Spurinna places side by side Atene and its allies against eternal Siracusa 
      avail again of the Etruschi. At a distance of 130 years the etruschi they 
      had not made no progress in the technological evolution duffle-coat while 
      all the Greek and punico world has gia in equipment triremi (the ships to 
      3 orders of addles). Why this? Not sure for economic means lack, the 
      Etruria in fact in that time is territorial free and it does not have to 
      face war expenses that later on avra in order to fight Rome. These are the 
      known facts and hour we come to our reasoning. The Etruschi abandoning the 
      Asia Minor with all the their technological baggage and insediandosi in 
      the center the west of the italica peninsula forgiveness the contacts with 
      the people orientals and remains outside from the technological evolution 
      duffle-coat. Embracing the theses of the Pallottino it remains difficult 
      to explain as alone they have developed to a technology duffle-coat until 
      pentecontere when at the same time the other italici people did not 
      possess battleships (see the Latins, the Roman, the From Liguria ones, the 
      Piceni, etcetera). Why then has been stopped in the evolution duffle-coat 
      risking the loss of the control of the Tyrrhenian sea? Lack of capacit " 
      or volont "? 








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