Cosa
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Cosa was an ancient Roman city near the present Ansedonia in southwestern Tuscany, Italy. It is situated on a hill 113 m above sea level and 140 km northwest of Rome on the Tyrrhenian Sea coast. It has assumed a position of prominence in Roman archaeology owing to its excavation.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Cosa
- Ancient site.image
- Cosa10.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Vulci's coast, seen from Cosa
- Ancient site.map_type
- Italy Tuscany#Italy
- Ancient site.location
- Ansedonia, Italy
- Ancient site.region
- Province of Grosseto
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.built
- 273 BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- after AD 1329
- Ancient site.epochs
- Roman Republic, Roman Empire
- Ancient site.cultures
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1948–54, 1965–72, 1990s, 2010s
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Frank E. Brown, Elizabeth Fentress, Russell T. Scott Jr., Andrea U. De Giorgi
- Ancient site.condition
- ruined
- Ancient site.public_access
- yes
- Ancient site.website
- Ansedonia - Città di Cosa; Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cosa
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
30 sectionsContents
- History
- Archaeology
- The City
- Urban layout
- City walls and gates
- Temples on the Arx
- Capitolium
- Unidentified temple
- Temple D
- Architectural remains
- Temple A
- Forum
- History
- Curia and Comitium
- Temples B and C
- The Eastern Height
- Temple E
- Private houses
- The House of Diana
- Houses of Square V-D
- Ancient port
- Significance
- Archaeological methods and evidence
- Outer harbour
- Fishery
- Middle Ages
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Cosa was an ancient Roman city near the present Ansedonia in southwestern Tuscany, Italy. It is situated on a hill 113 m above sea level and 140 km northwest of Rome on the Tyrrhenian Sea coast. It has assumed a position of prominence in Roman archaeology owing to its excavation.
==History==
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