non-etruscan

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The causes of this remarkable contrast may be sought partly in differences of nationality South Etruria being largely peopled in all probability by non-Etruscan elements partly in the varying intensity of Hellenic influence, which must have made itself very decidedly felt at Caere in particular. The fact itself admits of no doubt.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book II : From the Abolition of the Monarchy in Rome to the Union of Italy

The causes of this remarkable contrast may be sought partly in differences of nationality South Etruria being largely peopled in all probability by non-Etruscan elements partly in the varying intensity of Hellenic influence, which must have made itself very decidedly felt at Caere in particular. The fact itself admits of no doubt.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)