Lv Haifeng
In other words, today, although we are getting farther and farther away from the historical space of ancient Rome, some social conditions in ancient Rome are becoming clearer and clearer under the depiction of contemporary historians. Nevertheless, many historians still have a variety of opinions about the era of Etruscan rule in Rome. So, what's going on here? Let's take a look.
First, according to some current archaeological sources, some archaeologists and historians believe that the era of Etruscan rule in Rome should have existed between 575 BC and 475 BC. However, some ancient legends suggest that the era of Etruscan rule in Rome should have existed from 616 BC to 509 BC. Obviously, this is very confusing for our descendants.
Of course, the legendary time is not without reason. For example, there is a legend that in 509 BC the Romans expelled The Etruscan Tarquin III, ending the era of Etruscan rule in Rome and ending the era of Roman monarchy. Then, two men from among the roman aristocratic senators were selected as Roman consuls, and a Roman aristocratic republic was established.
However, many archaeological materials today suggest that from the end of the sixth century BC to the beginning of the fifth century BC, Rome was culturally coherent and did not have any breaks. The time of the obvious change was after the 1980s. Therefore, if we admit that the culture that flourished in ancient Rome since the sixth century was brought by the Etruscans, it is enough to prove that the Etruscans had not yet left Rome at the beginning of the fifth century.
After that, when it was only after 480 BC, the culture of ancient Rome declined, and those intricately decorated, ornate and exquisite buildings and imported exquisite pottery faded from people's vision. Apparently, it was at this time that Etruscans actually left Rome.
In this regard, although some of the current traditional documents are rather confusing, we can also find some problems in it: (1) It was still the Etruscans who directly participated in and overthrew The Etruscans iii at that time. That is, there was only a certain confusion among the upper classes of Rome. The two Roman consuls chosen after the expulsion of Tarquin III were actually relatives of the Tarquin family. That is to say, although Tukwon III stepped down at that time, the Etruscans still ruled Rome.
(2) According to some present accounts, after the expulsion of Tuaven III, he led his two sons to organize a powerful army in the city of Takveny to launch two attacks on Rome. However, both attacks were defeated. However, the later Tarquin III, with the support of King Crusi and King Viy, once again sent an army to conquer Rome and successfully captured Janikoru on the right bank of the river. Only this time, the specific combat situation, our descendants can not know. Because there are quite few historical records about this battle, but this makes us wonder. Because, using the city of Rome to deal with the powerful kingdoms of Crusi and Viy at that time was probably impossible to defeat.
Obviously, in summary, why do scholars have different opinions about the era of Etruscan rule in Rome? That is to say, some legends about ancient Rome are different from some historical records related to the present, so they bring a lot of questions to our descendants. (Lv Haifeng)