Indigenous groups in Italy

Three main Indigenous groups in Italy are the Celts, the Etruscans and the Latins.

The Celts are a group of people that originally live in the area stretching from the British Isles to Gallatia. They moved south through the Alps, raiding and marauding and finally reached Rome. Many of the Celts stayed in Italy, occupying the an area from the Alps to south of Milan. They are known as Gauls by the romans. Celts are known to be great story-tellers, great drinkers and great fighters. They have a liking for single combat, fighting till a victor is left standing and displaying the severed head of his opponent proudly. They were counted as Barbarians in some way.

 The Celts

The Etruscans legacy lives on in many ways although their whole civilization disappeared from Europe. They were the first people to build arches and aqueducts in Europe, underground sewers, city planning, iron and bronze working, and hundreds of culture words which includes the calendar. They were the ones that introduced the alphabet to the Romans, combining Phonecian and Greek. Horse and chariot were also introduced by the Etruscans to Italy. They are as a people and a language uniquely and not just another ancient civilization that died off. They unique in customs, religion, language and their specialty in engineering and artistic skills.

 Illustration of Estruscan Warrior

The Latins is a group of Indo-European tribes, they are also known as the Italic Tribes, that occupied the central and south of Italy. Their common language was Latin and they had a common religion. Latins have a close sense of kinship and a myth that they were all descendants of Latinus, who has been worshipped on Monte Albano during every annual festival that were held and attended by all Latins, which also includes Latins from Rome.

 Illustration of a Latin War