The Romans called them Tusci, and Tuscany still keeps its name.
The Latins and the Sabines were more alike, and also more like the Greeks.

There were a great many settlements of Greeks in the southern parts of Italy, and they learnt something from them.

They had a great many gods.

Every house had its own guardian.

These were called Lares, or Penates, and were generally represented as little figures of dogs lying by the hearth, or as brass bars with dogs' heads.