\f1 \fs22 Not far from the coast, between the Bracciano lake and the sea and 45 km to the north of Rome, stood the powerfu
l city of Caere, known to the Greeks as Agylla. The first urban aggregation dates from the \b \cf4 \ATXht53 Villanova era\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 (ninth-eighth century BC), while it attained its period of greatest splendor in the first quarter of the seventh ce
ntury BC. In the sixth century BC Caere was the only Etruscan center to have a Treasury, i.e. a building used to store sacred offerings, at the Greek shrine of Delphi. In the fifth century its power began to wane and in the middle of the fourth century i
t was subjugated by Rome. Very little is now left of the ancient Etruscan city, but the extensive necropolises, with streets and squares laid out according to a precise plan, are better preserved. Among the most significant monuments: the <<Regolini-Gala
