Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and maps -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and conventions -- Maps -- Introduction -- 1 Origins -- 2 Etruscan life and death -- 3 Great Greece -- 4 From Samnites to Italians -- 5 Alphabets, literacy and names -- 6 Gods and humans -- 7 Rituals and sacrifice -- 8 Magic and divination -- 9 Italy at war -- Index locorum -- Subject Index