Civ Request: Etruscans

I was watching this thing on the Discovery Channel abou the Estruscans. I thought it would be a nice civ.

Heres some history about them: http://www.mysteriousetruscans.com/history.html

For traits i suggest Commercial, and Seafaring.

Ill be able to do more reaserch later.

Heres what we have so far:

Leader: Lars Porsenna
UU: Possibly Bebro's Estructian Chariot

Traits: Commercial and Religous
Aggression:
Cities:
Tarquinia
Cisra
Velch
Vetluna
Fufluna
Velathri
Arezzo
Curtun
Clevsin
Perusna
Velzna
Veii
Capeva
Gravisca
Casa
Telamun
Volaterrae
Bologna
Alalia
Mantua
Adria
Spina
Ruma
Saturnia
Rusellae
Pompeii
Bisenzio
Sutri
Nepi
Falerii
Felsina
Mediolano

Military Leaders:
Tyrsenos
Velthur Spurinna
Romulus
Tullus Hostilius
Lucius Tarquinius Priscu

Scinetific Leaders:
Numa Pompilius
Ancus Marcius

I just watched that, too! I wouldn't put Seafaring, though. I'd say scientific. Remember how quickly they advanced?

Leaders:
Osiniu
Mezentius
Lausus
Tyrsenos
Velsu
Larthia
Arimnestos
Lars Porsena
Thefarie Velianas
Aruns
Volumnius
Lars Tolumnius

City List:
Caere
Volci
Gravisca
Tarquinii
Casa
Telamun
Vetulonia
Populonia
Volaterrae
Bologna
Mantua
Adria
Spina
Saturnia
Arretium
Cortona
Perusia
Rusellae
Clusium
Volsinii
Veiï
Pompeii
Bisenzio
Sutri
Nepi
Falerii
Felsina
Mediolano

#RACE_ETRUSCANS
^The Etruscans are $LINK<scientific and commercial=GCON_Strengths>.
^They build $LINK<???>.
^
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The origin of the Etruscans is unvertain. Their language was unrelated to any other European language, suggesting
that the Etruscans may have migrated into Italy from the Middle East. There is no convincing evidence of this, however,
and it is more likely that the Etruscans were an idigenous people.
^
Etruria was rich in iron and copper ores, had good agricultural land and a coastline with many natural harbours,
which encourage the Etruscans to become active seafarers and traders. Most early Etruscan cities were sited
a few kilometers from the coast, close enough for convenience but not voulerable to priate raids. Each city was
and independent state ruled by a king but the twelve most important cities were loosely united in the Etruscan league.
#DESC_RACE_ETRUSCANS
From the 8th century the Etruscans faced competition from Greek and Phoenician colonies in the western Mediterranean.
The foundation of the Greek colony at Massilia (Marseille, France) around 600 BC was a particularly serious development
as it shut the Etruscans out of the important trans-Gallic tin routes. To some extent this was offset by Etruscan
expansion into the Po valley in the 6th century. With Carthaginian help, the Etruscans succeeded in driving the
Greeks out of Corsica in 535 BC, but attacks on the Greeks at Kymai (Cumae) in southern Italy were repulsed.
^
Despite these hostilities, the Etruscan culture had become very Hellenized by the 6th century BC.

Thank Calgacus for compiling this...

Oh... now I'm wishing I watched that!

Great idea for a civ. Ever since I saw that 'needed civs' (or whatever it's called) thread, I've been trying to think of one I'd really like to see, but it seems you've thought of one for me!

I would absolutely love to see an Etruscan civ done, and besides, I do need it for something I'm cooking up.

Saturnia is a major etruscan center that was lef toff your list

The reason i said Seafaring is becuase they made ships that could not be out run by any of their enemys. They did this by adding a sail into the front of the ship which greatly incresed its speed.

Also Religous works. They sacraficed animals and were able to tell what the gods were saying to them. In this way the Preiests really had control over every aspect of life.

I really didnt get to watch the entire show. I started watching like halfway through.

So, they are eligible for:

Religous
Scientific
Seafaring
Commercial

Hmm... Decisions, decisions...

They have to be commercial. That is probably what they are most know for.

Commercial religious is thie rproper trait combo; they are th eprimary influencer sof the roman rleigion (because essentially Roman religion is the etruscan religion, but in Latin), and they were of course a huge tradeing power, equal to Carthage, if not mor epowerful at the heigh tof Etruias power

Of course! So, the wild-card is:

Religous
Scientific
Seafaring

We need an Tuscan expert in here...

Edit: The expert has spoken.

The foundation of the Greek colony at Massilia (Marseille, France) around 600 BC was a particularly serious development
as it shut the Etruscans out of the important trans-Gallic tin routes.

Click to expand...

I had no idea Marseilles was a Greek culture bomb for the purposes of hooking up some tin.

Added an updated city list.

@Amenhotep7- Most of the major cities you gave were the Roman name or the Modern name.

But being the influence for Roman religion doesn't necessarily make them a "religious" people...

dammit, just trust me on this one; they were rleigious, they are know for two god damned things, trade, and thier religious art work, they arny qualified for anything else in civ terms. SO unless oyu have proof that they arnt qualifed beign religious, no one has any rigth to *****.

We need UU too !!!

I'm currntly working on an Etruscan Spearman but it will be my first true unit and I think that she will not be really good...

she?

The Etruscans didnt have female troops

ooops he

Didn't bebro make an Etruscan chariot that could be used?

Most of all Estruscans at one time used chariots to get around. So ill try and find it.

Leader
-Lars Porsenna

great leaders
mlitary
Tyrsenos
Velthur Spurinna
Romulus
Tullus Hostilius
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus

sci (culture based in this case)
Numa Pompilius
Ancus Marcius

hopefully I can find more...

UU
well thie ris the etruscan chartiot, but an Etruscan axemen (essentially a hoplite type dude, with perhaps an itallic sheild, and an axe) would be even more approppreiate; particurlaey since it was this troope rof Eturia that gave rise to the Roman fascae bearer

I like the Discovery Channel too.