THE HELIOS BIBLIOS HOUR : Mis Education of (N) PT/4 THE ETRUSCAN VERSION

The ETRUSCAN PEOPLE populated a large region in what is now Tuscany and Lombardy in Italy, but they're probably not what you picture in your head when you think of Italians.Strong evidence suggests that the Etruscans were dark-skinned people who traveled from Africa to Europe Not only did the Etruscan settlement predate ancient Roman and Greek civilizations, it greatly influence the culture of Rome.Bacchus cult by introducing the Etruscan version, with five, always-nocturnal cult meetings a month, open to all social classes, ages and sexes — starting with her own sons.the Etruscan's policy of not helping each other when faced with a common threat. This incredible policy would of course, have devastating effects. Moving ahead to perhaps 1100 B.C. It is at about this time, that Albino people from the Eurasian plains now called "the Latin's" later known as the Romans. bacchanalia was held in strict privacy and initiates were bound to secrecy.“Greek of humble origin, versed in sacrifices and soothsaying” had established a nocturnal version, added wine and feasting to the mix, and thus acquired an enthusiastic following of women and men. Women outnumbered men and ran the show. The new celebrations and initiations featured wine-fueled violence and violent sexual promiscuity, in which the screams of the abused were drowned out by the din of drums and cymbals. The initiation involved the brutal rape and sodomizing of both young men and women.Under cover of religion, priests and acolytes broke civil, moral and religious laws with impunity. claims that while the cult held particular appeal to those of uneducated and fickle mind (levitas animi) — such as the young, plebeians, women and “men most like women” — much of the city’s population was involved, and even Rome’s highest class was apart.