\f1 \fs22 We are provided with a precise picture of the agricultural resources of some Etr
uscan centers in the third century by the list of aid supplied to \b \cf2 \ATXht16 Scipio the African\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 for his expedition against Carthage (205 BC). On the other hand stock rearing was not as important to the Etruscans as it was for other
Mediterranean civilizations, but was mostly practiced at a family level, exploiting the the green pastures of the coast and of wooded areas. \par