Etruscan God, Tinia, from Orvieto 5th C. BCE
"Again, the Etruscans are very skilful in observing thunderbolts, in interpreting their meaning and that of every sign and portent. That is why, in the days of our forefathers, it was wisely decreed by the Senate, when its power was in full vigour, that, of the sons of the chief men, six should be handed over to each of the Etruscan tribes for the study of divination, in order that so important a profession should not, on account of the poverty of its members, be withdrawn from the influence of religion, and converted into a means of mercenary gain."
-Cicero, On Divination: Book 1.41
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| Polychrome terracotta head of Tinia/Zeus - from Etruscan civilization, circa 5th c. BC, found Orvieto - at the Musem of Claudio Faina. |
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