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Cerveteri is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, in the Italian region of Lazio. Known by the ancient Romans as Caere, and previously by the Etruscans as Caisra or Cisra, and as Agylla by the Greeks, its modern name derives from Caere Vetus used in the 13th century to distinguish it from Caere Novum.
Banditaccia Necropolis
Interior of an Etruscan tomb in the Banditaccia necropolis
Sarcophagus of the Spouses (Villa Giulia)
Sculpture from a temple at Caere, 525–500 BC (Altes Museum Berlin)
Caere
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Caere is the Latin name given by the Romans to one of the larger cities of southern Etruria, the modern Cerveteri, approximately 50–60 kilometres north-northwest of Rome. To the Etruscans it was known as Cisra, to the Greeks as Agylla and to the Phoenicians as 𐤊𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤀.
Example of Greek-style pottery in Caere. Eurytus and Heracles in a symposium. Krater of Corinthian columns called 'Krater of Eurytus', c. 600 BC
An ancient Etruscan vase from Caere (c. 525 BC), depicting Heracles presenting Cerberus to Eurystheus
Pyrgi Tablets, Phoenician-Etruscan bilingual inscription mentioning Caere