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xxxiv ETRUSCAN RELICS IN THE TYROL, [introduction.
ments like the Etruscan, and inscriptions in a character very
similar, have heen found among the Rhsetian and Noric Alps,
come to the aid of this theory. For though we are told that
the Etruscans occupied Rhsetia, it was only when they had
been driven by the Gauls from their settlements in the plains
of the Po. All history concurs in marking the emigration to
have been from the south northwards, instead of the contrary.6
The subjoined specimen of Rhaeto-Etruscan art confirms Livy's
testimony as to the degeneracy and semi-barbarism of these
Etruscan emigrants.7
is recorded to have inhabited those
mountains.
Niebuhr ( II. p. 525) even supposes
that at one time the Etruscan race ex-
tended north of the Alps into Alsace
and the plains of Germany, and cites,
in confirmation of his view, the walls
on Mont Sainte Odilie, in the former
country, which are very similar to those
of Volterra, and unlike the works of the
Gauls or Romans.
6 Livy decidedly asserts the emigra-.
tion to have been from the plains to the
mountains, on the invasion of the Po-
vale by the Gauls. Alpinis quoque ea
gentibus haud dubie origo est, maxime
Rhaetis, quos loca ipsa efferarunt, ne
quid ex antiquo prseter sonum linguae,
nee eum incorruptum,retinerent. V. 33.
Galli . . . sedibus Tuscos expulerunt.
Tusci quoque, duce Rhseto, avitis sedi-
bus amissis, Alpes occupavere ; et ex
nomine ducis gentes Rhsetorum condi-
derunt. — Justin. XX. 5. Rhsetos
Thuscorum prolem arbitrantur, a Gallis
pulsos, duce Rhaeto. Plin. Nat. Hist.
III. 24.
1 These figures form part of a pro-
cession in relief found, in 1845, at
Matrai, a village on the northern slope
of Mount Brenner, in the Tyrol. Be-
sides this were found other singular
reliefs, one of which has pugilists con-
tending with the cestus, very like the
scenes in the tombs at Chiusi and
Tarquinii ; pieces of amber and coral,
fibulm and rings of bronze. At Sonnen-
bnrg, 12 miles distant, many similar
relics were in 1844 brought to light;
together with cinerary urns of black
ware, and knives of bronze. A few
years previous, in a sepulchre at Zilli,
in the ancient Norieum, were found
two bronze casques, with inscriptions
in a character very like the Etruscan.
And in the valley of Cembra, 9 miles
from Trent in the Tyrol, a bronze
situla, or bucket, was discovered in
1828, bearing five inscriptions in a
similar character; and it is remark-
able that it was found near the torrent
Lavis, and that that very word occurs
in one of the inscriptions. Giovanelli,
Pensieri intorno ai Rezi, ed una inscri-
zione Rezio-Etrusca. Trento, 1844 ;
Le antichita Rezio-Etrusche seoperte
presso Matrai. Trento, 1845; Micali,
Monumenti Inediti, p. 331, et seq. tav.
LIII. Relics of very similar character,
however, are discovered in districts
never possessed by the Etruscans.
Such are the Euganean inscriptions
found in the Venetian territory, in that
corner of Italy which Livy tells us never
belonged to the Etruscans. Liv. V. 33.
Such are the helmets with similar in-
scriptions, discovered in 1812 between
Marburg and Radkersburg in Styria.
Micali, Mon. Ined. p. 331, et seq. And
such is the gold torque, also with an
ments like the Etruscan, and inscriptions in a character very
similar, have heen found among the Rhsetian and Noric Alps,
come to the aid of this theory. For though we are told that
the Etruscans occupied Rhsetia, it was only when they had
been driven by the Gauls from their settlements in the plains
of the Po. All history concurs in marking the emigration to
have been from the south northwards, instead of the contrary.6
The subjoined specimen of Rhaeto-Etruscan art confirms Livy's
testimony as to the degeneracy and semi-barbarism of these
Etruscan emigrants.7
is recorded to have inhabited those
mountains.
Niebuhr ( II. p. 525) even supposes
that at one time the Etruscan race ex-
tended north of the Alps into Alsace
and the plains of Germany, and cites,
in confirmation of his view, the walls
on Mont Sainte Odilie, in the former
country, which are very similar to those
of Volterra, and unlike the works of the
Gauls or Romans.
6 Livy decidedly asserts the emigra-.
tion to have been from the plains to the
mountains, on the invasion of the Po-
vale by the Gauls. Alpinis quoque ea
gentibus haud dubie origo est, maxime
Rhaetis, quos loca ipsa efferarunt, ne
quid ex antiquo prseter sonum linguae,
nee eum incorruptum,retinerent. V. 33.
Galli . . . sedibus Tuscos expulerunt.
Tusci quoque, duce Rhseto, avitis sedi-
bus amissis, Alpes occupavere ; et ex
nomine ducis gentes Rhsetorum condi-
derunt. — Justin. XX. 5. Rhsetos
Thuscorum prolem arbitrantur, a Gallis
pulsos, duce Rhaeto. Plin. Nat. Hist.
III. 24.
1 These figures form part of a pro-
cession in relief found, in 1845, at
Matrai, a village on the northern slope
of Mount Brenner, in the Tyrol. Be-
sides this were found other singular
reliefs, one of which has pugilists con-
tending with the cestus, very like the
scenes in the tombs at Chiusi and
Tarquinii ; pieces of amber and coral,
fibulm and rings of bronze. At Sonnen-
bnrg, 12 miles distant, many similar
relics were in 1844 brought to light;
together with cinerary urns of black
ware, and knives of bronze. A few
years previous, in a sepulchre at Zilli,
in the ancient Norieum, were found
two bronze casques, with inscriptions
in a character very like the Etruscan.
And in the valley of Cembra, 9 miles
from Trent in the Tyrol, a bronze
situla, or bucket, was discovered in
1828, bearing five inscriptions in a
similar character; and it is remark-
able that it was found near the torrent
Lavis, and that that very word occurs
in one of the inscriptions. Giovanelli,
Pensieri intorno ai Rezi, ed una inscri-
zione Rezio-Etrusca. Trento, 1844 ;
Le antichita Rezio-Etrusche seoperte
presso Matrai. Trento, 1845; Micali,
Monumenti Inediti, p. 331, et seq. tav.
LIII. Relics of very similar character,
however, are discovered in districts
never possessed by the Etruscans.
Such are the Euganean inscriptions
found in the Venetian territory, in that
corner of Italy which Livy tells us never
belonged to the Etruscans. Liv. V. 33.
Such are the helmets with similar in-
scriptions, discovered in 1812 between
Marburg and Radkersburg in Styria.
Micali, Mon. Ined. p. 331, et seq. And
such is the gold torque, also with an