Etruria was an area of italy , known today as tuscany, umbria and latium.etruria extended from the arno river in the north to the tiber river in the south,and from the apennine mountains in the east to the tyrrhenian sea in the west. it is believed that the etruscans migrated to etruria in about 800 bce from the east,probably travelling by sea. in etruria, the etruscans made nearslaves of the people who lived there.The Etruscans then spread north across the apennines into the po valley and south across the tiber river into latium and campania.the civilization reached its heigh in the 7th and 6th centuries bce,but in about 510 bce the etruscan kings were driven out of rome,which then became a republic.