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The Etruscan civilization is the English name given today to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy whom ancient Romans called Etrusci or Tusci.[1] The Attic Greek word for them was (Tyrrhēnoi) from which the Romans of the republic developed Tyrrhēni (Etruscans), Tyrrhēnia (Etruria) and Tyrrhēnum mare (Tyrrhenian Sea).[2] The Etruscans themselves used the term Rasenna, which was syncopated to Rasna or Raśna.[3]