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c. 1100 BCE - 900 BCEProto-Villanovan culture in central Italy.
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c. 900 BCE - c. 750 BCEVillanovan culture in central Italy.
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800 BCEBeginning of the Etruscan civilization in Italy.
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700 BCE - 300 BCEThe Etruscan city of Vulci flourishes as a trade and manufacturing centre.
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c. 680 BCE - c. 660 BCEThe Etruscan Regolini-Galassi Tomb is constructed at Cerveteri.
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675 BCEFirst instances of Etruscan bucchero wares are found at Cerveteri.
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675 BCE - 626 BCEFine bucchero pottery style in Etruria.
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625 BCE - 575 BCETransitional bucchero pottery style in Etruria.
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575 BCE - 480 BCEHeavy bucchero pottery style in Etruria.
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540 BCEA joint Carthaginian and Cerveteri force wins the Battle of the Sardinian Sea against the Phocaeans.
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539 BCEEtruscan & Carthaginian alliance expels the Greeks from Corsica.
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535 BCEBattle of Alalia. Carthaginian navy, in alliance with Etruscans, defeated Greek ships off the island of Corsica.
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530 BCE - 520 BCEThe Etruscan Tomb of the Lionesses is constructed at Tarquinia.
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c. 510 BCEThe Etruscan Portonaccio Temple is constructed at Veii.
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c. 500 BCE - c. 400 BCEThe Etruscan bronze statue known as the 'Chimera of Arezzo' is sculpted.
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c. 500 BCEEtruscan Acquarossa is destroyed and definitively abandoned.
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c. 475 BCECelts defeat the Etruscans at the Ticino River.
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474 BCEAn Etruscan fleet is defeated by the navy of Syracuse at the Battle of Cumae.
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400 BCECelts enter Italy and settle in the Po Valley.
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396 BCERoman expansion begins with the capture of Veii from the Etruscans.
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396 BCECelts defeat an Etruscan army at the battle of Melpum. Afterwards the Celts heavily settle all over the Po Valley.
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396 BCERome sacks the Etruscan town of Veii after a ten-year siege.
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394 BCEEtruscan Volsinii and their ally Sappinum unsuccessfully attacks Rome.
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391 BCESenones besiege Clusium, an Etruscan city.
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384 BCESyracuse attacks the ports of the Etruscan city of Cerveteri.
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356 BCE307 Roman prisoners are sacrificed in the forum of the Etruscan city of Tarquinia.
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c. 350 BCEThe paintings of the Etruscan Francois Tomb at Vulci are created.
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298 BCE - 290 BCEThird Samnite War. Victory for Rome, peace with the Etruscans.
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294 BCEA Roman army led by L. Postimius Megellus defeats an army from Etruscan Volsinii.
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283 BCERomans defeat the Etruscans and Celts at lake Vadimo.
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280 BCEThe Romans conquer the Etruscan cities of Tarquinia, Volsinii and Vulci.
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264 BCEEtruscan Volsinii is sacked by the Romans and its residents relocated to Bolsena.
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225 BCECelts defeat 6000 Romans at Faesulae and proceed to overrun Etruria.
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82 BCE - 80 BCEVolterra is besieged and sacked by Roman general Sulla.