Founded in the seventh century BC, it was quoted by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, one of the city that brought help to the Latins in the war against Tarquinio Prisco. He developed to the detriment of neighboring cities especially Vetulonia.
In 294 BC It was conquered by the Romans. It became the first Roman municipality and later, with Augusto, a colony.There are also preserved traces of an amphitheater and villas.
The city was abandoned until the reclamation of the area by Pietro Leopoldo in the late eighteenth century.In the fifties, the remains of the ancient buildings were brought to light by means of a long campaign of excavations carried out by the archaeologist Aldo Mazzolai.
rovine e mura di roselle
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