julieboy

Was a tribe one big extended family? What exactly is a tribe? Who were the components that made up a tribe? What separated tribes from being defined as a nation? What were some of the early tribes that Rome conquered? Were Sabines,Samnites,tribes or nations? Wjat about Siculi and Sicani/ Were they tribes?What other tribes and "nations were there in the early days of Italy,inccluding Sicily? What groups of tribes were related by blood to one another ?

What races did the tribes of Southern Italy,from Rome and Etruria, through Sicily belong to? What did the FIRST people living in Italy's south look like? In other words,what people in today's times,would the earliest Italians look like. If anyone knows and/or uses the names or terms,such a words like "Mediterranean race","Indo Europeans","Greeks","Siculi","Sicani","Elami",,"Italics", "Etrurians" or "Etruscans","Phoenicians", "Semitic","Hamitic","Alpine","Atlanto Mediterranean","Samnites","Oscans", "Cretens",etc.,please elaborate and if you know,describe what they actually looked like and/or give thenames of the present day races,ethnic groups,etc.,that they most resemble or who they are most related to. Thank you in advance for any information on this topic that you might have to offer.