Italy has been inhabited by humans since the Paleolithic. During antiquity, there were many peoples in the Italian peninsula, including Etruscans, Latins, Samnites, Umbri, Cisalpine Gauls, Greeks in M
The Sassi cave houses of Matera are believed to be among the first human settlements in Italy, dating back to the Paleolithic.
Reconstructed Terramare houses in Castelnuovo Rangone
Ötzi, a natural mummy dating from the 4th millennium BC
The military history of Italy chronicles a vast time period, lasting from the military conflicts fought by the ancient peoples of Italy, most notably the conquest of the Mediterranean world by the anc
Etruscan funerary urn crowned with the sculpture of a woman and a front-panel relief showing two warriors fighting, polychrome terracotta, c. 150 BCE
An Etruscan bronze helmet
Greaves belonging to the Golasecca culture found in Sesto Calende
Celtic helmet from the 3rd century BC in bronze