Was it the lost language of the Etruscans?

这是伊特人失落的语言吗？

Romans also adopted cultural aspects from the ancient state of Etruria, including their religion, alphabet, and the spectacle of gladiator combat.

罗马还吸收了古代伊特王国的文化元素，包括他们的宗族、字母和壮观的角斗士搏斗。

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.

伊特人留下的最伟大的遗产之一是充满活力的墓葬壁画，这些壁画只在大约 2% 的墓葬中被发现，这使得从人群中识别精英变得容易。

My name came from the Etruscan God of the underworld.

我的名字来源于伊特神话的地狱之神。

Researchers found the more than 2000-year-old Etruscan and Roman statues in the area of Tuscany.

研究人员在托斯卡纳区发现了这些具有2000年历史的伊特雕塑和罗马雕像。

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的变化，政府统治权从伊特人的手中转移到了罗马人的手中。

Other than the finely carved bronze and terracotta statues, the Etruscans are known for their bronze mirrors, gold jewelry, and their black pottery known as Bucchero.

除了精雕细琢的青铜和陶俑，伊特人以他们的铜镜、黄金首饰和被称为巴契罗的黑陶而闻名。

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诸神，因为希腊陶器描绘了奥林匹斯诸神，并刻有伊特人的名字。

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.

虽然伊特人的大部分文化和历史被罗马人抹去或吸收，但许伊特坟墓及其内容、战争绘画以及罗马人对伊特物质和宗教文化的采用幸存了下来。

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

伊特人的白色、紫色或带红色边的长袍后来演变成了罗马托加。

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.

伊特人利用丰富的自然资源，用金银等贵重材料制作金属工具、陶器和各种商品。

In the earliest Etruscan sites, there are multiple separate cemeteries that seem to be divided by kin group, a practice that continued throughout the span of the Etruscan culture.

在最早的伊特遗址中，有个独立的墓地，似乎是按亲属群体划分的，这种做法贯穿了伊特文化的整个时期。

By 750 BCE, the Villanovan culture had become the Etruscan culture, and many of the Villanovan sites would develop further into major Etruscan cities.

到公元前 750 年，维拉诺瓦文化已经成为伊特文化，许维拉诺瓦遗址将进一步发展成为伊特的主要城市。

The Etruscans, who knew themselves as the Rasenna, were a culture that flourished in central Italy in the region of Etruria between the 8th and the 3rd century BCE.

伊特人自称为拉森人，是公元前 8 世纪至 3 世纪在意大利中部伊特地区繁荣的一种文化。

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

伊特人的占卜做法被采用，伊特语的许单词也被传给了罗马人。

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，如果你想了解更关于伊特人的信息，你可以在下面的标题中找到我们一系列关于这种迷人而有影响力的文化的文章的链接。

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.

古墓壁画让现代历史学家对伊特人的日常生活、饮食习惯、服装有了很好的了解，也揭示了社会态度，尤其是对奴隶、外国人和妇女的态度，这些都是不为人知的。

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

在许方面，它的发展超过了伊特人，后者的时代显然已经过去了。

Suddenly, having it kind of be hammered into the template of  what Norman French scribes learning Latin letters based on the Etruscan alphabet, which is based  on Greek and everything else that came before it.

突然间，这种形式被锤炼成了诺曼法语抄写员学习基于伊特字母的拉丁字母的模板，而伊特字母又是基于希腊字母以及之前所有东西的基础。

Before Rome became the great empire we know today, it was influenced by its neighbours, especially the Etruscans to the north and the Greek settlers in southern Italy.

在罗马成为我们今天所熟知的伟大帝国之前，它曾受到邻国的影响，尤其是北部的伊特人和意大利南部的希腊殖民者。