Saturday, July 16, 2011
RANDOM ENCUCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
ETRURIA- when or by what road the rasena(etrusci) reached their permanent seats in ETRUR proper is not certain, tho their larger towns inland, the tradition of coming from umbria, + from their language the phætian alps + from works of earliest artworks, from italyy. "Rasena", the traditional name of the people, yet evidence supposing it as how known etrusci or tyrrheni similar arts to greece. herodotus gives tradition lydiands landed in umbria + colonizing + named after the leader tyrsenus. etrusci accepted this hostory(or did they retain it?). similarities. tombs. blah blah. 12 historical towns, but not named. near rome. blah blah recorded wars. most memorable between rome 7thc 507 bc, 9th, 10th 482-476 bc. massacre of the fabii. the 12th where king killed, towns population, natural resources, cystoms, mythology- like rome + greek architecture- squarish temples. 1st perfect arch, language destroyed by latin, alphabet, art, coins, blackware-blach terra cotta, jewelry, LOTS. bling! BIG- mini mini dots of gold separately attached-still unreplicated. bronzes-mirrors-terra cottas- very skillful statues, vase painting.
ELLINGEN- baden, german town. old castle on roman fortress burned by french in 1689. rebuilt early 1700's.begun around
beginning of 12th c. free town 1234 by frederick II to the margrave of baden. 1644 conquered by the weimar troops, defeated by the archduke charles. roman antiquities. pop in 1875-5,286.
ETTMULLER, ERNST MORIZ LUDWIG(1802-1877)- able + erudite philologist, who constributed to critical literature of the germanic tongues. blah blah.
