Marching southward, they vanquished the Oscans and occupied the plains of Latium.

If it ever existed in Etruscan, it had been lost before the Oscans and Umbrians borrowed their alphabets.

The next advance in point of art must be attributed to the Oscans, whose entertainments were most popular among the Italian nations.

All the country to the south was in possession of the Oscans, with the exception of Latium, which was inhabited by the Sikeli.