Was it the lost language of the Etruscans?

这是伊特鲁里亚人失落语？

The Etruscans lived in independent city-states linked only by their common language, religion, and general culture.

伊特鲁里亚人生活在独立城邦中，只有共同语、宗教和一般文化将他们联系在一起。

That period was a time of great change in Tuscany as government rule moved from Etruscan to Roman.

这段时期托斯卡纳发生了巨大变化，政府统治权从伊特鲁里亚人手中转移到了罗马人手中。

The white, purple, or with a red border robe of the Etruscans would become the Roman Toga.

伊特鲁里亚人白色、紫色或带红色边长袍后来演变了罗马托加。

Etruscan divination practices were adopted, and many words from the Etruscan language were passed on to the Romans.

伊特鲁里亚人占卜做法被采用，伊特鲁里亚语许多单词也被传给了罗马人。

In many ways, it grew to surpass the  Etruscans, whose time was obviously passing.

在许多方面，它发展超过了伊特鲁里亚人，后者时代显然已经过去了。

The Etruscan identity was not immediately  erased after the Roman conquests.

在罗马征服之后，伊特鲁里亚人身份并没有立即被抹去。

The Etruscans built expansive necropoles, their grid-patterned streets lined with tombs.

伊特鲁里亚人建造了广地，他们网格状街道两旁是坟。

That  was their rule in the Etruscans.

这就是伊特鲁里亚人统治。

The Etruscans exploited the natural and abundant resources to make metal tools, pottery, and various goods out of precious materials such as gold and silver.

伊特鲁里亚人利用丰富自然资源，用金银等贵重材料制作金属工具、陶器和各种商品。

I wanted to talk about Etruscan notions of immortality.

我想谈谈伊特鲁里亚人永生观念。

We know of the adoption of Etruscan gods by the Greeks because of depictions of the Olympian gods on Greek pottery, which were inscribed with the Etruscan names.

我们知道希腊人采用了伊特鲁里亚诸神，因为希腊陶器描绘了奥林匹斯诸神，并刻有伊特鲁里亚人名字。

The tomb paintings give modern historians a good idea of Etruscan daily life, eating habits, clothing, and also reveals social attitudes, notably towards slaves, foreigners, and women, which wouldn't be otherwise known.

古壁画让现代历史学家对伊特鲁里亚人日常生活、饮食习惯、服装有了很好了解，也揭示了社会态度，尤其是对奴隶、外国人和妇女态度，这些都是不为人知。

Although much of the Etruscan culture and history was obliterated or absorbed by the Romans, many Etruscan tombs and their contents, war paintings, and the Roman adoption of Etruscan material and religious culture have survived.

虽然伊特鲁里亚人大部分文化和历史被罗马人抹去或吸收，但许多伊特鲁里亚坟及其内容、战争绘画以及罗马人对伊特鲁里亚物质和宗教文化采用幸存了下来。

As always, if you'd like to learn more about the Etruscans, you can find links to a bunch of our articles all about this fascinating and influential culture in the caption below.

和往常一样，如果你想了解更多关于伊特鲁里亚人信息，你可以在下面标题中找到我们一系列关于这种迷人而有影响力文化文章链接。

One of the greatest legacies left by the Etruscans are the vibrant tomb paintings, which have only been found in around two percent of burials, which makes it easy to identify the elite from the population.

伊特鲁里亚人留下最伟大遗产之一是充满活力葬壁画，这些壁画只在大约 2% 葬中被发现，这使得从人群中识别精英变得容易。