kinship
• descent from Tyrrhenus (Hdt.1.94)

language
• Etruscan (linguistic isolate)

religion
• Tinia (Lat. Ivppiter/Gk. Zeus), Uni (Jvno/Hera), Menvra (Minerva/Athena)
• common fanu (sanctuary) of Veltha (Lat. fanum Voltumnae) shared by Etruscan League
• reading of omens through augury/auspices (bird signs) and haruspicy (liver/entrails signs),

customs
• use of

Etruscan League
• shared central sanctuary at Velsna (Lat. Volsinii/mod. Orvieto)
• member city-states included Felsina (Lat. Bononia/mod. Bologna), Clevsins (Clusivm/Chiusi), Tarchna (Tarqvinii/Tarquinia), Caisri (Caere/Cerveteri), Veis (Veii/Veio)