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Rome before the Etruscan advent was a small conglomeration of villages. It was under the new masters that, according to tradition, the first public works such as the walls of the Capitoline Hill and the Cloaca Maxima were constructed. Considerable evidence of the Etruscan period in Rome’s history has come to light in the region of the Capitol. That there were rich tombs in Rome itself cannot be doubted—they were probably similar to those found in the Latin town of Praeneste. Meanwhile, by the beginning of the 6th century bce the Etruscans had included Fiesole and Volterra in their northern ...(100 of 75935 words)