Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List Of Illustrations In Volume II
- CHAPTER XXX CIVITA VECCHIA—CENTUM CELLÆ.
- CHAPTER XXXI SANTA MARINELLA—PUNICUM
- CHAPTER XXXII SANTA SEVERA.—PYRGI
- CHAPTER XXXIII CERVETRI—AGYLLA OR CÆRE.
- CHAPTER XXXIV PALO—ALSIUM
- CHAPTER XXXV LUNI—LUNA
- CHAPTER XXXVI PISA.—PISÆ.
- CHAPTER XXXVII FIRENZE.—FLORENTIA
- CHAPTER XXXVIII FIESOLE.—FÆSULÆ
- CHAPTER XXXIX SIENA—SENA.
- CHAPTER XL VOLTERRA.—VOLATERRÆ
- CHAPTER XLI VOLTERRA.—VOLATERRÆ
- CHAPTER XLII THE MAREMMA
- CHAPTER XLIII POPULONIA—POPULONIA
- CHAPTER XLIV ROSELLE—RUSELLÆ
- CHAPTER XLV TELAMONE—TELAMON
- CHAPTER XLVI ORBETELLO
- CHAPTER XLVII ANSEDONIA—COSA
- CHAPTER XLVIII VETULONIA
- CHAPTER XLIX SATURNIA—SATURNIA
- CHAPTER L CHIUSI—CLUSIUM
- CHAPTER LI CHIUSI—CLUSIUM
- CHAPTER LII CHIUSI—CLUSIUM
- CHAPTER LIII CETONA AND SARTEANO
- CHAPTER LIV CHIANCIANO AND MONTEPULCIANO
- CHAPTER LV AREZZO—ARRETIUM
- CHAPTER LVI CORTONA—CORTONA
- CHAPTER LVII PERUGIA—PERUSIA
- CHAPTER LVIII PERUGIA—PERUSIA
- CHAPTER LIX ROME
- Index
- ERRATA IN VOL. II.
- Maps
CHAPTER XXXIV - PALO—ALSIUM
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List Of Illustrations In Volume II
- CHAPTER XXX CIVITA VECCHIA—CENTUM CELLÆ.
- CHAPTER XXXI SANTA MARINELLA—PUNICUM
- CHAPTER XXXII SANTA SEVERA.—PYRGI
- CHAPTER XXXIII CERVETRI—AGYLLA OR CÆRE.
- CHAPTER XXXIV PALO—ALSIUM
- CHAPTER XXXV LUNI—LUNA
- CHAPTER XXXVI PISA.—PISÆ.
- CHAPTER XXXVII FIRENZE.—FLORENTIA
- CHAPTER XXXVIII FIESOLE.—FÆSULÆ
- CHAPTER XXXIX SIENA—SENA.
- CHAPTER XL VOLTERRA.—VOLATERRÆ
- CHAPTER XLI VOLTERRA.—VOLATERRÆ
- CHAPTER XLII THE MAREMMA
- CHAPTER XLIII POPULONIA—POPULONIA
- CHAPTER XLIV ROSELLE—RUSELLÆ
- CHAPTER XLV TELAMONE—TELAMON
- CHAPTER XLVI ORBETELLO
- CHAPTER XLVII ANSEDONIA—COSA
- CHAPTER XLVIII VETULONIA
- CHAPTER XLIX SATURNIA—SATURNIA
- CHAPTER L CHIUSI—CLUSIUM
- CHAPTER LI CHIUSI—CLUSIUM
- CHAPTER LII CHIUSI—CLUSIUM
- CHAPTER LIII CETONA AND SARTEANO
- CHAPTER LIV CHIANCIANO AND MONTEPULCIANO
- CHAPTER LV AREZZO—ARRETIUM
- CHAPTER LVI CORTONA—CORTONA
- CHAPTER LVII PERUGIA—PERUSIA
- CHAPTER LVIII PERUGIA—PERUSIA
- CHAPTER LIX ROME
- Index
- ERRATA IN VOL. II.
- Maps
Summary
Alsia prælegitur tellus.
Rutilius.The place of tombs,
Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men,
Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang,
Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam.
Tennyson.Palo is well known to travellers as the half-way house between Rome and Civita Vecchia ;but few bear in mind hat the post-house, the ruined fortress, and the few fishers' huts on the beach, represent the Alsium of antiquity—one if the most hoary towns of Italy, founded or occupied by he Pelasgi, ages before the arrival of the Etruscans on these shores.
It is strange that no record is preserved of Alsium during the Etruscan period; but this may be owing to its dependence on Cære, with whose history and fortunes its own were probably identical. That it was occupied by the Etruscans we learn from history, confirmed by recent researches. The earliest notice of it by Roman writers is its receiving a colony in the year 507. At no time does it seem to have been of much importance; the highest condition it attained, as far as we can learn, being that of a small town. This may have been owing to its unhealthy position, on a low swampy coast. Yet it was much frequented by the wealthy Romans; and even the Emperor Antoninus chose it as his retreat, and had an Imperial villa on this shore.
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- The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria , pp. 69 - 77Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1848