Editing Etruscan civilization (section)

===Military===
{{Main|Etruscan military history}}
{{See also|Padanian Etruria}}

[[File:Etruscan warrior near Viterbe Italy circa 500 BCE.jpg|thumb|200px|Etruscan warrior, found near [[Viterbo]], [[Italy]], dated {{circa}} 500&nbsp;BC]]

The Etruscans, like the contemporary cultures of [[Ancient Greece]] and [[Ancient Rome]], had a significant military tradition. In addition to marking the rank and power of certain individuals, warfare was a considerable economic advantage to Etruscan civilization. Like many ancient societies, the Etruscans conducted campaigns during summer months, raiding neighboring areas, attempting to gain territory and combating [[piracy]] as a means of acquiring valuable resources, such as land, prestige, goods, and slaves. It is likely that individuals taken in battle would be ransomed back to their families and clans at high cost. Prisoners could also potentially be sacrificed on tombs to honor fallen leaders of Etruscan society, not unlike the sacrifices made by [[Achilles]] for [[Patroclus|Patrocles]].<ref name="bookone">{{cite book|first=Mario |last=Torelli |title=The Etruscans |publisher=Rizzoli International Publications |year=2000|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="booktwo">{{cite book |first=Trevor |last=Dupey |title=The Harper Encyclopedia of Military History |publisher=Rizzoli Harper Collins Publisher |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="bookthree">{{cite book|author=Dora Jane Hamblin |title=The Etruscans |year=1975 |url=https://archive.org/details/etruscans00hamb |url-access=registration |publisher=Time Life Books }}</ref>

* 550 BC: Etruscan-[[Carthage|Punic]] coalition against Greece off the coast of Corsica 
* 540 BC: [[Battle of Alalia|naval victory at Alalia]]
* 524 BC: Defeat at [[Cumae|Cyme]] against the Greeks
* 510 BC: Fall of the Etruscan kingship of [[Lucius Tarquinius Superbus]] in Rome
* 508 BC: [[Lars Porsena]] besieges Rome
* 508 BC: War between [[War between Clusium and Aricia|Clusium and Aricia]] 
* 482 BC: Beginning of the conflict between [[Veii]] and Rome
* 474 BC: Defeat of the Etruscans against [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] in the [[Battle of Cyme]] (also Cumae)
* 430 BC 406 BC: Defeat against the [[Samnites]] in [[Campania]]
* 406 BC: Siege of Veii by Rome
* 396 BC: Destruction of Veii by Rome
* from 396 BC: Invasion of the Celts into the [[Po Valley]]
* 384 BC: Plunder of [[Pyrgi]] ([[Santa Severa]]) by [[Dionysius I of Syracuse]]
* 358 BC: Alliance of [[Tarquinia]] and [[Cerveteri]] against Rome
* 310 BC: Defeat against the Romans at [[Battle of Lake Vadimo (310 BC)|Lake Vadimone]]
* 300 BC: Pyrgi becomes a Roman colony
* 280 BC: Defeat of [[Vulci]] against Rome
* 264 BC 100 BC: Defeat of [[Volsinii]] against Rome
* 260 BC: Subjugation by the Gauls in the Po Valley
* 205 BC: Support of [[Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus|Scipio]] in the campaign against [[Hannibal]]
* 183 BC: Foundation of the Roman colony in [[Saturnia]]
* 90 BC: Granting of [[Roman citizenship]]
* 82 BC: Repression of [[Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix|Sulla]] in Etruria
* 79 BC: Capitulation of [[Volterra]]
* from 40 BC: Final Romanization of Etruria