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Gravisca

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Gravisca
Graviscae
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The excavations at Gravisca, conducted by the University of Perugia.
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RegionLazio
TypePort, Settlement
History
PeriodsOrientalizing period - Roman Empire
CulturesEtruscan
Site notes
Excavation datesyes
ArchaeologistsMario Torelli
Conditionruined
Public accessno

Gravisca (Cravsca in Etruscan and Graviscae Latin[1]) was the port of the Etruscan city of Tarquinii, situated 8 km west of the city center.[2][3]

The Etruscan settlement, occupied ca. sixth to third centuries BC, had four principal occupational phases from ca. 600 to 250 B.C.[4] It was superseded by the establishment of a colonia of Roman citizenship at the site in 181 BC.[5] The port functioned as an emporion and there is ample evidence for merchants and perhaps Greek artisans based at the site.[6] There was a Greek quarter at the city.[7] The cults of numerous Greek gods, including Aphrodite, Hera,[8] Demeter, and Apollo, are attested.

The port is mentioned by name in book 10, line 23 of the Aeneid.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Mario Torelli et al., “Gravisca,” NSc (1970)
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  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Gravisca. Scavi nel santuario greco
  5. ^ Liv. 40.29.1.1 http://latin.packhum.org/loc/914/1/1526/45-53
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  7. ^ THE CAMBRIDGE ANCIENT HISTORY - The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries B.C. - Edited by JOHN BOARDMAN F.B.A. (Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art in the University of Oxford), N. G. L. HAMMOND F.B.A. (Professor Emeritus of Greek University of Bristol)
  8. ^ Mario Torelli "Il santuario di Hera a Gravisca” La Parola del Passato 136 (1971) 44-67.
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