Gli etruschi testimonianze dì civiltà by Salvatore PezzellaMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Most books on Etruscans tend to be from Tuscany. This one is from Perugia and, while this doesn't really make much difference for the most part, at the end it seemed to have an extended section on Umbria and Perugia.
By and large this was informative and interesting. Some of my notes:
Ras-Enn (the name the Etruscans called themselves) means People of Enn, with the same meaning as the Tirreni (Tour-Enn)
The Romans kept accusing the Etruscans of licentiousness and perversion and orgies. However, this is typical of a more conservative culture observing a freer one (women in Etruria could eat and feast with mean, and children carried their mother's cognomen).
Etruscans knew about thermal water properties before the Romans
Etruscans ate twice a day, as opposed to the Romans, who ate once per day with snacks in the morning and at lunch.
Thyberis, king of Veio, gave his name to Tevere (Tiber) river.
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