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Uni (mythology)

Etruscan goddess

took place to ensure the ongoing purity of the temple. At the port of Gravisca in the 6th century BC, Uni was worshipped amongst other Etruscan and pan-Hellenic

Uni (mythology)

Uni_(mythology)

Gravisca

Port, Settlement

Gravisca (Cravsca in Etruscan and Graviscae Latin) was the port of the Etruscan city of Tarquinii, situated 8 km west of the city center. The Etruscan

Gravisca

Etruscan civilization

Pre-Roman civilization of Etruria (9th–1st century BC)

through coastal emporia placed under the protection of sanctuaries, such as Gravisca, the port of Tarquinia, and Pyrgi, a port of Caere; competition for these

Etruscan civilization

Etruscan_civilization

Sostratus of Aegina

6th century BC Greek merchant

validation from modern archeology. A stone anchor dedicated to Apollo at Gravisca (the port of the Etruscan city of Tarquinii) is for example thought to

Sostratus of Aegina

Sostratus_of_Aegina

Juno (mythology)

Ancient Roman goddess of marriage and childbirth

with the Greeks has been found in 1969 at the sanctuary of the port of Gravisca near Tarquinia. Renard thinks the cult of Hera in great emporia such as

Juno (mythology)

Juno_(mythology)

Colonia (Roman)

Roman outpost established in conquered territory to secure it

Bruttii) BC 183 Mutina, Parma (Aemilia) BC 181 Aquilea (Venetia es Histria) Gravisca (Latium) BC 180 Portus Pisanus (Etruria) BC 177 Luna (Etruria) BC 125 Pollentia

Colonia (Roman)

Colonia_(Roman)

Greek colonisation

Archaic Greek expansion across the Mediterranean and Black Sea (750–550 BC)

Greeks among native populations, as in the case of the Greek quarter at Gravisca.[page needed] The Greeks started colonising around the beginning of the

Greek colonisation

Greek_colonisation

Etruscan religion

kylix dating to the late fourth or early fifth century BCE was found in Gravisca, Tarquinia, in a sanctuary seemingly associated with female fertility during

Etruscan religion

Etruscan_religion

Mario Torelli

Italian archaeologist and art historian (1937–2020)

was also instrumental in the excavations of the sanctuary at the site of Gravisca. Torelli joined the faculty of the University of Perugia in 1975; he was

Mario Torelli

Mario_Torelli

Ligures

Ancient ethnic group from north-western Italy and south-eastern Gaul

rather than a simple port was a sanctuary on the hilltop, on the model of Gravisca and Pyrgi, under whose protection foreign traders operated. Its population

Ligures

Turan (mythology)

Etruscan goddess of love and fertility

"mistress" or "lover". Turan had a sanctuary in the Greek-influenced Gravisca, the port for Tarquinia, where votive gifts inscribed with her name have

Turan (mythology)

Turan_(mythology)

Tarquinia National Museum

Archaeological museum in Lazio, Italy

same room are later gold coins from the Roman Empire which were found at Gravisca, Tarquinia's ancient harbor, and gold jewelry. The first floor ends with

Tarquinia National Museum

Tarquinia_National_Museum

Etruscan architecture

Architecture of the Etruscan civilization

World, 2013, Routledge. ISBN 978-0415673082 (includes: Ara della Regina, Gravisca and Giovanna Bagnasco Gianni, "Tarquinia, sacred areas and sanctuaries

Etruscan architecture

Etruscan_architecture

Demaratus of Corinth

Greek noble and father of the fifth king of Rome

potters from Corinth; Greek potters worked at Tarquinii and its port, Gravisca.[citation needed] Pliny the Elder and Tacitus reported that Demaratus brought

Demaratus of Corinth

Demaratus_of_Corinth

Populonia

Frazione in Tuscany, Italy

Etruscan Venice. As far as minor settlements are concerned, Pyrgi and Gravisca were Etruscan ports as early as any. By Strabo's time, the Romans had seized

Populonia

Castrum Novum

Ancient Roman town

colony was charged with protecting the coastal waters, as did Pyrgi and Gravisca. A small harbour nearby would have held a few ships. During the first years

Castrum Novum

Castrum_Novum

Etruscan sea-faring

emporium phase began. Along with the new trade routes to Massalia and Gravisca, thanks to Phocaen merchants, came changes to organization of both trade

Etruscan sea-faring

Etruscan_sea-faring

Lur (deity)

candelabrum. The bronze Vel Matunas statuette again enforces the cult of Lur. In Gravisca, by the Sacellum Alpha, a miniature shrine, an impasto bowl inscribed with

Lur (deity)