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Later history relates that some Etruscans lived in the Tuscus vicus, the “ Etruscan quarter ”, and that there was an Etruscan line of kings ( albeit ones descended from a Greek, Demaratus the Corinthian ) which succeeded kings of Latin and Sabine origin.

Etruscophile historians would argue that this, together with evidence for institutions, religious elements and other cultural elements, prove that Rome was founded by Italics.

The true picture is rather more complicated, not least because the Etruscan cities were separate entities which never came together to form a single Etruscan state.

Furthermore, there were strong Latin and Italic elements to Roman culture, and later Romans proudly celebrated these multiple, ' multicultural ' influences on the city.