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ETRURIA, an ancient district of Italy, the extent of which varied considerably, and, especially in the earliest periods, is very difficult to define (see section Language). The name is the Latin equivalent of the Greek TuppTjna or Tupenji'ia, which is used by ...

... , who became the wife of Marcus Aureli us. Antoninus died of fever at Lorium in Etruria, about 12 m. from Rome, on the 7th of March 161, giving the keynote to his life in the last word that he uttered when the tribune of the night-watch came to ask the passwor ...

... break of the Catilinarian conspiracy, Antonius was obliged to lead an army into Etruria, but handed over the command on the day of battle to Marcus Petreius, on the ground of ill-health. He then went to Macedonia, where he made himself so detested by his oppre ...

... olds that the soul is bound to the sentient members of the body as prisoners in Etruria are bound face to face with corpses ; whereas the later view of the De A nima is that the soul is the vital principle of the body and the body the necessary organ of the so ...

... called Salt Hill, near the Bath road, where they levied contributions, ETRETAT— ETRURIA or " salt," from the passers-by and spectators. The sum collected sometimes exceeded £1000 — the surplus, after deducting certain expenses, becoming the property of the cap ...

... tell of Lydians landing at the mouth of the Po and crossing the Apennines into Etruria. Thus it seems certain that though the earliest immigrants, known to the later Etruscans as the Rasena, may have come down from the north, still they were joined by a migra ...

... na (6 yols., Florence, 1834-1846). See also G. Dennis, Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria (2 vols., London, 1883). On medieval and Renaissance architecture and art there are innumerable works. Among those on architecture may be mentioned the great work of H. von ...

... resque. The position of Sutri was important, commanding as it did the road into Etruria, the later Via Cassia; and it is spoken of by Livy as one of the keys of Etruria, Nepet being the other. It came into the hands of Rome after the fall of Veii, and a Latin ...

... uscany was made a part of the Spanish dominions and erected into the kingdom of Etruria under Louis, duke of Parma. (1801). The new king died in 1803, leaving an infant son, Charles Louis, under the regency of his widow, Marie Louise of Spain. Marie Louise rul ...

TUSCANA (mod. Toscanella, q.v.), an ancient town of Etruria, about 15 m. N.E. of Tarquinii. It is hardly mentioned in ancient literature; it was a station on the road from Blera to Saturnia, a prolongation of the Via Clodia. On the hill of S. Pietro are remain ...