danced for the women and the women danced for the men. Because the ancient code of morals forbade couples dancing, dancing as couples was late to develop. The tombs of Tarquinia# have proven to be the greatest asset in information on Etruscan dance. There were 21 of these tomb scenes describes by Mary Johnstone. Seventeen of these were from Tarquinia and four were from Chiusi. From careful study she said, “dance as a subject of tomb decoration is confined within the last half of the sixth century and the first half of the fifth.”# The Etruscans were also very fond of games and sport. Dicing being their favourite game, they also enjoyed boxing, prize-fights, and wrestling, and enjoyed horse-racing and gladiatorial games. In the Tomb of the Augurs, there is an illustration of a brutal Etruscan game. There are two contestants. One is a man in a mask holding a leashed dog, and the other is a man, naked except for a loincloth, holding a large club with a sac tied over his head. In this game the masked man urges the dog to attack the man in the hood. The only way for the man to escape is to be lucky enough to hit the dog with the club. Although many of the games were probably used to show faith to Gods in some way or another, the Etruscans enjoyed them and it was a great part of their history. The Etruscan economy was based on a number of different areas. Seeing as though they lived in a fairly mountainous terrain they were not much of an agricultural people, except in a few choice places. They did however breed cattle and other flock animals as a source of food and a tradable commodity. The forests which were more dense then, compared to what they are now, housed a variety of animals for hunting and the lakes and ocean were great sources of fish.The primary area the Etruscans focused on was the vast mineral deposits that were spread around Etruria. In the north of the country, the hills, know today as the Collin...
