Etruscan votive head of a youth 3rd C. BCE

"Now at first the Tyrrheni, since they were subject to the orders of only one ruler, were very strong, but in later times, it is reasonable to suppose, their united government was dissolved, and the Tyrrheni, yielding to the violence of their neighbours, were broken up into separate cities..."

-Strabo, Geography: Book 5, Chapter 2.2

Etruscan votive head of a youth 3rd C. BCE. Height: 8 inches. Terracotta. Current location: Fordham University.

Source:

https://digital.library.fordham.edu/digital/collection/Hist/id/130/

 

Quote:

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/5B*.html#2.2