Etruscan Code Uncracked

Archaeology ^ | Monday, June 13, 2016 | Rossella Lorenzi

[BenLurkin]

The Republic was expanding its sphere of influence for centuries, but there was no empire until founded by Augustus in 27 BC.

[Oratam]

"And what does that mean, idiot head?"

[SunkenCiv]

That's an interesting point of view, it just happens to be unshared by the overwhelming majority of historians, and it clearly not based on anything much.

[SunkenCiv]

That’s the wrong clip though... the scene where Claw-claw has explained how the C of caesar was struck off a statue by a lightning bolt, leaving aesar, which in Etruscan means “god”.

[SunkenCiv]

;’) I think I went to school with Rosetta Stone, she was a hard woman...

[SunkenCiv]

“...the grail is in the castle of ahhhh...”

[BenLurkin]

Oh my.

Well, I’ve gotten used to being outnumbered by the intelligentsia over the years. My only solace is found in knowing that I am correct.

[SunkenCiv]

If she’d been around, she’d have destroyed all the carved inscriptions, along with all the writing they probably made on non-durable materials.

[Bratch]

I bet it says drink your Ovaltine.

[dsrtsage]

It sais “Bush’s Fault”

[nomorelurker]

As I recall the Emperor Claudius was one of the last to be able to read Etruscan.

[Reily]

According to Suetonius

[tumblindice]

Ralphie bags a babe.

[bert]

the one on the right is foxy

[Rebelbase]

""I did not send or receive any stone slabs marked classified."

"I bet the EBI, Etruscan Bureau of Investigation, hated having to analyze that storage device.

[Oratam]

but I liked Livia’s expression in this pic

[colorado tanker]

What a misleading headline. More stuff we can’t read . . .

[Cronos]

Not really, Ben -- prior to 27 BC there was a Roman Empire. It was run by and established by the Republic. It started, as SC had said, right from the conquest of the other Latin cities by Roma.

Having done that, they created what is arguably an Empire

The term empire does mean a set of captive nations ruled by another nation -- it doesn't matter what that ruler nation's government is.

Note that also there were Emperors (or specifically Imperators i.e. Military dictators/commanders in chief) right from the early days of the Republic.

Augustus didn't establish the Empire, he established the position of Princep (first among equals) that was kept until Diocletian started the Dominate period

[Cronos]

it is interesting that the early centuries of the Etruscan power they allied with the CArthaginians to fight the Greeks

[BenLurkin]

I wish SunkenCiv would come back.