"Out of India"

[Enrica Garzilli]

Vidhyanath Rao wrote:
> 
> > Large scale migrations have occurred quite regularly within Europe and out
> > of Europe for the last 3000 years.
> >
> > E.g.:
> >
> > 1) Hittites into Asia Minor (3rd millenium B.C.?)
> > 2) Indo-Aryans into Iran and India (2nd millenium B.C.)
> > 3) Greek tribes into Greece (2nd millenium B.C.)
> > 4) Italic tribes into Italy (2nd millenium B.C)
> 

Italic populations were already settled in Italy in the 2nd m. B.C. 
and many of them were authentically "Italian". Between the 2nd and the 
1st they already had a well organized "federative" system and they had 
regular economic and religious exchange with Etruscans. Not to talk 
about language of course (see the *Tavole Iguvine*). 
For the most recent studies see the work of Prosdocimi and, more 
updated and with new discoveries, Augusto Ancillotti, *La civilta' degli 
Umbri*, Jama Edizioni Perugia, 1996. He also explains in detail the 
various (food etc.) sacrifices and offers transliteration and 
translation of the Tavole.

Dr. Enrica Garzilli
U. of Perugia