Kingdom of Rome vs Italian city states (and Etruscans)?

[valerio81]

Did they? I tought the pilum was more of a IV century thing. Could you provide some reading suggestions? I only have a couple of ospreys (pretty good as osprey go), early roman warfare by jeremy armostrong, plus some other stuff like the Piganiol which is good for history but not much for equipment and tactics..

[AdamPHayes]

Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars by Duncan Head and Gli Eserciti Etruschi by Ivo Fossati were my starting point for Etruscan information.  I don’t think the latter is in print at the moment but it does turn up second hand fairly regularly.