Etruscan Warfare Timeline

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540 BCE
A joint Carthaginian and Cerveteri force wins the Battle of the Sardinian Sea against the Phocaeans.
539 BCE
Etruscan & Carthaginian alliance expels the Greeks from Corsica.
c. 475 BCE
Celts defeat the Etruscans at the Ticino River.
474 BCE
An Etruscan fleet is defeated by the navy of Syracuse at the Battle of Cumae.
437 BCE - 435 BCE
Rome defeats Etruscan Veii in the Veientine War; the Etruscan king Lars Tolumnius is killed.
400 BCE
Celts enter Italy and settle in the Po Valley.
396 BCE
Rome sacks the Etruscan town of Veii after a ten-year siege.
396 BCE
Celts defeat an Etruscan army at the battle of Melpum. Afterwards the Celts heavily settle all over the Po Valley.
394 BCE
Etruscan Volsinii and their ally Sappinum unsuccessfully attacks Rome.
391 BCE
Senones besiege Clusium, an Etruscan city.
384 BCE
Syracuse attacks the ports of the Etruscan city of Cerveteri.
356 BCE
307 Roman prisoners are sacrificed in the forum of the Etruscan city of Tarquinia.
294 BCE
A Roman army led by L. Postimius Megellus defeats an army from Etruscan Volsinii.
284 BCE
Etruscan Volsinii with an army of Gauls attacks Arretium.
283 BCE
Romans defeat the Etruscans and Celts at lake Vadimo.
280 BCE
The Romans conquer the Etruscan cities of Tarquinia, Volsinii and Vulci.
273 BCE
Rome conquers the Etruscan town of Cerveteri.
264 BCE
Etruscan Volsinii is sacked by the Romans and its residents relocated to Bolsena.
225 BCE
Celts defeat 6000 Romans at Faesulae and proceed to overrun Etruria.
82 BCE - 80 BCE
Volterra is besieged and sacked by Roman general Sulla.