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Vulci (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 25 08 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.4180 decimal degrees |
| Long: 011 37 54 E degrees minutes |
Long: 11.6310 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient site situated on a high tufa plateau. The ancient town developed as an Etruscan settlement (one of the 12-city Etruscan league); documented by ancient writers. It flourished as a metalworking center in the 9th and 8th centuries BCE; the 6th century saw heavy production of Etrusco-Corinthian and Black-figure pottery. Attic Greek pottery was imported to Vulci on a scale and of a quality unparalleled elsewhere in Etruria; thousands of examples have been uncovered in tombs. Some of the earliest Etruscan stone sculpture comes from here. Vulci was subdued by Rome in 280 BCE; it declined in the 8th century CE when the bishopric of the area was transferred to Montalto di Castro. |
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| Vulci (preferred,C,V)
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| Volci (C,V)
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| Veic (C,V)
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| Volcii (C,V,Latin,U,N)
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| Velc (C,V,Etruscan-P,U,N)
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| Velx (C,V,Etruscan,U)
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| Velch (C,V)
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| Olkion (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U,N)
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Lazio (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Vulci (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Etruria (former group of nations/states/cities) (P) |
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Vulci (deserted settlement) (P,H) from the 5th century BCE |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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was an Etruscan city |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| ancient site (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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| Etruscan (H) |
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