The tomb of the Etruscan king Lars Porsena (Italian: Mausoleo di Porsenna) is a legendary ancient building in what is now central Italy. Allegedly built...

Lars Porsena (or Porsenna; Etruscan: Pursenas) was an Etruscan king (lar) known for his war against the city of Rome. He ruled over the city of Clusium...

describe the tomb of Lars Porsena at Clusium as well as the sacking and levelling of the city by Sulla. Much of what remains are its tombs and its underground...

of bewitching people. The Tomb of Lars Porsena is a legendary ancient building in what is now central Italy, tomb of the Etruscan king Lars Porsena....

"evidently a misunderstanding of the Samian temple's location en limnais ['in the marsh']." According to Pliny, the Tomb of Lars Porsena contained an underground...

Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France Neu Isenburg, Germany Lars Porsena Tomb of Lars Porsena Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiusi-Pienza Lago di Chiusi "Superficie di Comuni...

Etruscan influences because it is reminiscent of the tomb of Lars Porsena at Chiusi. "Tower-shaped" sepulcher or "of Pompey the Great" This tower-shaped sepulchre...

failed to regain the throne using his allies of Tarquinii and Veii, next sought the aid of Lars Porsena, king of Clusium in 508 BC. Clusium was at that time...

The Tomb of the Leopards (Italian: Tomba dei leopardi) is an Etruscan burial chamber so called for the confronted leopards painted above a banquet scene...

The most famous of the Horatii was his nephew, Publius Horatius Cocles, who held the Sublician bridge against the army of Lars Porsena circa 508 BC. The...

The Tomb of the Augurs (Italian Tomba degli Àuguri) is an Etruscan burial chamber so called because of a misinterpretation of one of the fresco figures...

The Tomb of Orcus (Italian: Tomba dell'Orco), sometimes called the Tomb of Murina (Italian: Tomba dei Murina), is a 4th-century BC Etruscan hypogeum (burial...

no traces of early buildings or defences are to be seen; pre-Roman tombs are in the cliffs to the north. The later village lay at the foot of the hill...

Lars Tolumnius (Etruscan: Larth Tulumnes, d. 437 BC) was the most famous king of the wealthy Etruscan city-state of Veii. He is best remembered for instigating...

this failure, Tarquin turned to Lars Porsena, the king of Clusium. Porsena's march on Rome and the valiant defence of the Romans achieved legendary status...

family tombs: decorated urns and sarcophagi, accompanied by everyday objects for both men and women, details of frescoes and bas-reliefs, most of which...

Tomb of the Whipping Entrance to a tomb Tomb of Anina Tomb of the Augurs Tomb of the Triclinium Tomb of Hunting and Fishing Tomb of the Bulls Tomb of...

architecture Isis Tomb, Vulci Ombra della sera Tomb of the Augurs Tomb of the Bulls Tomb of the Dancers Tomb of the Leopards Tomb of the Triclinium "Cista...

city walls, and rock-cut tombs. Apart from the podia of temples and some house foundations, only the walls and rock-cut tombs were mainly in stone, and...

representations of fishes. Strabo mentions the existence here of a lookout tower for the shoals of tuna-fish. There are some tombs outside the town, some of which...

The Etruscan alphabet was used by the Etruscans, an ancient civilization of central and northern Italy, to write their language, from about 700 BC to sometime...

Lars Porsena. The Altar of the Fatherland is the most famous part of the Vittoriano and is the one with which it is often identified. On the top of the...

entirely possible that the Tarquins appealed to Lars Porsena of Clusium (Clevsin), because he was the head of the Etrurian commonwealth for that year. He...

Claudii Caesaris of the Lugdunum Tablet. There is some support for this Etruscan version of Servius, in wall paintings at the François Tomb in Etruscan Vulci...

is a list of English words that may be of Etruscan origin, and were borrowed through Latin, often via French. The Etruscan origin of most of these words...

the Roman Empire. The container consists of a vessel, usually in terracotta, perforated to allow the passage of air, polished on the inside to prevent escape...

The Battle of Cumae is the name given to at least two battles between Cumae and the Etruscans: In 524 BC an invading army of Umbrians, Daunians, Etruscans...

part of the city and gives access to badlands valley directly from the town. In the past, many chamber tombs were visible. They were dug at the base of Civita’s...

fresco at the tomb of the Etruscan Saties family at Vulci, now known as the François Tomb. This tradition suggests that perhaps the sons of the elder Tarquin...

to fend off evil spirits from the tomb as well as sanctify the tomb perhaps in place of the actual ritual sacrifice of an animal usually performed in funerary...