Can a people, their identity, and their language disappear? The Etruscans were a people largely living in present-day Italy, who, most historians will explain, existed from around 900 BC to 27 BC when they were “absorbed by Rome,” as Professor Wikipedia helpfully explains. The Etruscan language, Professor Wikipedia states, “remains only partly understood, making modern understanding of their society and culture heavily dependent on much later and generally disapproving Roman and Greek sources.”
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Can a people, their identity, and their language disappear? The Etruscans were a people largely living in present-day Italy, who, most historians will explain, existed from around 900 BC to 27 BC when they were “absorbed by Rome,” as Professor Wikipedia helpfully explains. The Etruscan language, Professor Wikipedia states, “remains only partly understood, making modern understanding of their society and culture heavily dependent on much later and generally disapproving Roman and Greek sources.”