1) Ancient italians 2) Dwellers in ancient tuscany 3) Early conquerors of Rome
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The people who lived in north-western Italia and flourished before the Romans came to power. Much of the Etruscan knowledge was taken in and expanded by the Romans. In its early days, Rome was ruled by Etruscan kings.
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The Etruscans were a race inhabiting Etruria, in ancient Italy. They were a powerful race, but internal rivalry of their loosely federated cities gave Rome an opportunity of destroying their power, although this took several centuries of spasmodic warfare, finally coming to a conclusion in the 4th century BC.
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