\f1 \fs22 Roselle, one of the cities of the Etruscan \b \cf4 \ATXht19 dodecapolis\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , sto
od on two rises overlooking the plain around Grosseto, which was occupied in ancient times by a large lake (Lacus Prilius) that extended from Roselle to \b \cf4 \ATXht1042 Vetulonia\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . Its period of greatest splendor was in the sixth and f
ifth century BC, in parallel with the decline of nearby Vetulonia. The sixth-century city walls, constructed out of large blocks of local stone, are of particular interest. The walls of air-dried bricks that surrounded the oldest part of the city date fr