See also:

• VETULONIUM, or VETULONIA (Etruscan Veltuna)

VETULONIUM, or VETULONIA (See also:

• ETRUSCAN

Etruscan Veltuna)  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• ETRURIA

Etruria, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, the site of which is probably occupied by the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Vetulonia, which up to 1887 See also:

• BORE

bore the name of See also:

• COLONNA
• COLONNA, GIOVANNI PAOLO (circa 1637—1695)
• COLONNA, VITTORIA (1490-1547)

Colonna . It lies 1130 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level, about so m. See also:

• DIRECT

direct N.W. of See also:

• GROSSETO

Grosseto, on the N.E. See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the hills which project from the See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

• MAREMMA (a corruption of Marittima, " situated on the sea ")

Maremma and See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the promontory of See also:

• CASTIGLIONE, BALDASSARE (1478–1529)
• CASTIGLIONE, CARLO OTTAVIO, COUNT (1784–1849)
• CASTIGLIONE, GIOVANNI BENEDETTO (1616–1670)

Castiglione . The See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is little mentioned in ancient literature, though Silius Italicus tells us that it was hence that the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans took their magisterial insignia (See also:

• FASCES

fasces, See also:

• CURULE (Lat. currus, " chariot ")

curule See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair,- See also:

• PURPLE

purple toga and brazen trumpets), and it was undoubtedly one of the twelve cities of Etruria . Its site was not identified before 1881, and the See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification has been denied in various See also:

• WORKS

works by C . Dotto dei Dauli, who places it on the See also:

• POGGIO (1380-1459)

Poggio Castiglione near See also:

• MASSA

Massa Marittima, where scanty remains of buildings (possibly of See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city walls) have also been found . This site seems to agree better with the indications of See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval documents . But certainly an See also:

• ETRUSCAN

Etruscan city was situated on the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill of Colonna, where there are remains of city walls of massive See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone, in almost See also:

• HORIZONTAL

horizontal courses . The See also:

• OBJECTS

objects discovered in its extensive See also:

• NECROPOLIS

necropolis, where over See also:

• I000

i000 tombs have been excavated, are now in the museums of Grosseto and See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence . The most important were surrounded by tumuli, which still form a prominent feature in the landscape . See G . See also:

• DENNIS, JOHN (1657—1734)

Dennis, Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1883), ii . 263; Notizie degli Scavi, passim; I .

Falchi, Ricerche di Vetulonia (See also:

• PRATO

Prato, 1881), and other works, especially Vetulonia e la sua necropoli antichissima (Florence, 1891); G . Sordini, Vetulonia (See also:

• SPOLETO (anc. Spoletium)

Spoleto, 1894) and references . (T .