Timeline of the Etruscans
800 BC: The Etruscan civilization emerges in central Italy.
(c) NormanEinstein 675 BC: Bucchero pottery, a distinctive Etruscan blackware, begins to appear.
540 BC: Etruscan and Carthaginian forces defeat the Phocaeans at the Battle of the Sardinian Sea.
539 BC: An Etruscan-Carthaginian alliance expels the Greeks from Corsica.
535 BC: Battle of Alalia: The Etruscan and Carthaginian navies defeat the Greeks.
(c) Creative Assembly c. 500 BC: The Etruscan city of Acquarossa is destroyed and abandoned.
c. 475 BC: The Celts defeat the Etruscans at the Ticino River.
474 BC: The Etruscan fleet is defeated by Syracuse at the Battle of Cumae.
400 BC: The Celts invade Italy and settle in the Po Valley.
396 BC: Rome sacks Veii, marking the beginning of its expansion into Etruscan territory.
394 BC: The Etruscans and their allies unsuccessfully attack Rome.
391 BC: The Celts besiege Clusium, an Etruscan city.
384 BC: Syracuse attacks Etruscan ports.
356 BC: The Romans sacrifice prisoners in Tarquinia.
298-290 BC: Third Samnite War: Rome’s victory establishes dominance over Etruria.
283 BC: The Romans defeat the Etruscans and the Celts at Lake Vadimo.
280 BC: The Romans conquer Tarquinia, Volsinii, and Vulci.
264 BC: The Etruscans of Volsinii relocate to Bolsena.
225 BC: The Celts defeat the Romans and overrun Etruria.
82-80 BC: Volterra is besieged and sacked by Sulla, marking the final stages of Etruscan decline.
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