Ancient Italy
Historical Timeline
Analyzing your genetic similarity to ancient Italian reference samples...
Preparing your genetic-similarity report
Italy has long connected Mediterranean peoples, from early farmers to Roman citizens and medieval communities.
10Periods scored
44Dated matches
16,376Years spanned by your matches
Late AntiqueStrongest similarity (41/100)
Periods and individuals through time
Bands show the periods scored in this report, with your similarity score for each. Portraits mark matched ancient individuals at their estimated date; the crown marks your closest match. Select a portrait to see details. The tables below carry the same information as text.
Your matches in chronological order
Period similarity scores
Fit-weighted affinity to each period's reference populations on a 0 to 100 scale. Values are similarity scores and do not add up to your ancestry.
| Period | Dates | Similarity | About this period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleolithic & Mesolithic | 40,000 BCE to 6,000 BCE | 2/100 | Hunter-gatherer communities before farming. |
| Neolithic | 6,000 BCE to 3,500 BCE | 0/100 | Early farming communities of Italy. |
| Chalcolithic | 3,500 BCE to 2,200 BCE | 5/100 | Copper Age communities and early metallurgy. |
| Bronze Age | 2,200 BCE to 900 BCE | 2/100 | Bronze Age societies across the peninsula. |
| Iron Age | 900 BCE to 750 BCE | 4/100 | Pre-Roman Iron Age peoples. |
| Etruscan | 750 BCE to 27 BCE | 1/100 | Etruscan city-states and culture. |
| Greek Colonial | 750 BCE to 146 BCE | 0/100 | Greek settlements of Magna Graecia. |
| Roman | 27 BCE to 476 CE | 19/100 | Roman Republican and Imperial Italy. |
| Late Antique | 476 CE to 600 CE | 41/100 | Late Roman and early post-Roman Italy. |
| Medieval | 600 CE to 1,500 CE | 25/100 | Medieval Italian communities. |