Acquarossa, Italy

Acquarossa, Italy

"Aquarossa"' is the modern name of the location of an ancient Etruscan settlement abandoned or destroyed in the second half of the sixth century BC. [The Etruscans, Graeme Barker & Tom Rasmussen, page 299] It was excavated by the Swedish Institute at Rome in the 1960s and 1970s.

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* [http://www.isvroma.org/projects/acquarossa.html Information about the excavations]


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