Editing Etruscan civilization (section)

===Etruscan League===
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[[File:0 Mars de Todi - Museo Gregoriano Etruscano (1).JPG|thumb|The [[Mars of Todi]], an Etruscan [[bronze sculpture]], c.&nbsp;400&nbsp;BC]]
According to legend,<ref>Livy VII.21</ref> there was a period between 600&nbsp;BC and 500&nbsp;BC in which an alliance formed among 12 Etruscan settlements, known today as the ''Etruscan League'', ''Etruscan Federation'', or ''Dodecapolis'' ({{langx|grc|Δωδεκάπολις}}). According to a legend, the Etruscan League of 12 cities was founded by [[Tarchon]] and his brother [[Tyrrhenus]]. Tarchon lent his name to the city of [[Tarquinia|Tarchna]], or Tarquinnii, as it was known by the Romans. Tyrrhenus gave his name to the [[Tyrrhenians]], the alternative name for the Etruscans. Although there is no consensus on which cities were in the league, the following list may be close to the mark: [[Arezzo|Arretium]], [[Cerveteri|Caisra]], [[Chiusi|Clevsin]], [[Cortona|Curtun]], [[Perugia|Perusna]], [[Populonia|Pupluna]], [[Veii]], [[Tarquinia|Tarchna]], [[Vetulonia|Vetluna]], [[Volterra]], [[Bolsena|Velzna]], and [[Vulci|Velch]]. Some modern authors include [[Rusellae]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/etruschi_(Dizionario-di-Storia)/ |title=Etruschi |access-date=29 March 2016 |language=it |trans-title=Etruscans |publisher=[[Treccani]] |website=Dizionario di storia}}</ref> The league was mostly an economic and religious league, or a loose confederation, similar to the Greek states. During the later [[Roman Empire|imperial]] times, when Etruria was just one of many regions controlled by Rome, the number of cities in the league increased by three. This is noted on many gravestones from the 2nd century&nbsp;BC onwards. According to [[Livy]], the 12 [[city-state]]s met once a year at the [[Fanum Voltumnae]] at [[Volsinii]], where a leader was chosen to represent the league.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://www.mysteriousetruscans.com/cities.html |title=The Etruscan League of 12 |website=mysteriousetruscans.com |date=2 April 2009 |access-date=2015-04-25 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

There were two other Etruscan leagues ("[[Lega dei popoli]]"): that of [[Campania]], the main city of which was [[Capua]], and the [[Po Valley]] city-states in northern Italy, which included [[Bologna]], [[Spina]] and [[Adria]].<ref name=":1" />