At that time it only comprised Etruscan and Roman remains.

Etruscans File Banditaccia Sarcofago Degli Sposi.jpg_thumb_The Etruscan Sarcophagus of the Spouses , at the National Etruscan Museum in Italy_alt A sculpture of a woman and man reclining together on a couch, their upper bodies to the right and their legs to the left.

Its alphabet was based on the Etruscan alphabet, which was in turn based on the Greek alphabet.

One reason for its eventual demise was this increasing absorption by surrounding cultures, including the adoption of the Etruscan upper class by the Romans.

Both Vanth and Charun are only seen in iconography beginning c. 400 BC, in the middle period of Etruscan art, although some earlier inscriptions mention her name.