I agree, Caere sounds good

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Message: I agree, Caere sounds good
Author: Etruscologist - Drusillus Lupus 
Date: Dec 6, 1998 01:36
      Here is some information from the link I found on Caere: 
      "The ancient city (Cisra for the Etruscans, Agylia for the Greeks and for 
      the Greeks) famous for its maritime trading, occupied an immense area 
      protected by steep slopes and fortifications. 
      Situated only a few miles from the coast, access to the sea was ensured by 
      three ports: Pyrgi, Alsium and Punicum. 
      From the 7th century BC onwards, Caere underwent lively development, 
      becoming Etruriaís port for the Orient. Gold jewellery and vases are of 
      particularly fine workmanship; the craft of bucchero ware was also born 
      here in this period. 
      In the 6th century BC, Caere, at the height of its power, clashed, 
      emerging victorious, with the Greeks of Italy who at the time were 
      establishing their control on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Commercial relations 
      were not interrupted but, on the contrary, a rich community of merchants 
      and craftsmen of Greek origin flourished in the city. 
      After the crisis common to the whole of Etruria in the 5th century BC, 
      there was a strong recovery in the next century, made possible in part 
      thanks to the excellent relations enjoyed with Rome, of which Caere was a 
      traditional ally. 
      This policy was abandoned at the beginning of the 3rd century BC, when the 
      city rebelled against the interference of Roman power; defeated, it lost 
      part of its territory,including the coastal area. 
      Deprived of its ports, Caere was thus doomed to a crisis which came to an 
      end with its total extinction in the 1st century AD." 
      I would like to go for the 6th century when Etruria and Caere was at its 
      height.








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