The Etruscans too had a great influence on the Romans.
They were also a well established culture in Italy when Rome was just starting out.
The Etruscans were a more powerful people and so they had many battles with Rome,
because of these battles, many Etruscan ideals took hold in Roman culture.
The Etruscans brought the Romans horse racing and many other popular civic activities.
Paintings have been found that pointed out that in Etruscan theatres,
there were curtained off boxes that the wealthy would watch plays from.
A far lesser known influence on the ancient Romans were the Oscans.
They too came from northern Italy but overpopulation caused them to spread out.
Beacause of this, they came into contact with the Romans.
With them they brought their own way of doing things which greatly effected the Romans.
The Oscans broght with them their ideas about plays.