Etruscan God, Tinia, 300-250 BCE

"Tyrrhenians, being irked by the prolongation of the war, taunted the Romans with cowardice because they would not come out for battle, and believing that their foes had abandoned the field to them, they were greatly elated. They were still further inspired with scorn for the Roman army and contempt for the consuls when they thought that even the Gods were fighting on their side. For a thunderbolt, falling upon the headquarters of Gnaeus Manlius, one of the consuls, tore the tent in pieces, overturned the hearth, and tarnished some of the weapons of war, while scorching or completely destroying others. It killed also the finest of his horses, the one he used in battle, and some of his servants."

-Dionysius of Halicarnassus, The Roman Antiquities: Book 9.6

Etruscan God, Tinia, 300-250 BCE, terracotta. Current location: Staatliche Antikensammlungen.

Source:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tinia_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen_M%C3%BCnchen_2013.jpg

 

Quote:

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/9A*.html#6