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support of other Etruscan cities, which besieged Sutri and fought the Roman army in
310, unsuccessfully, at Lake Vadimon. This conflict ended in 308 with a new 40-year
truce between the two cities, which Tarquinia exploited to enhance the militarization
of its territory (Fig. 8.4). But there is little doubt that the Tarquinians, among other
Etruscans, were present at the battle of Sentinum, in 293, alongside the Gauls, Umbrians
and Samnites, and at the second battle of Lake Vadimon in 283 alongside the Boii,
that resulted in two decisive victories for the Romans. It is believed that the triumph
celebrated in 281 by Q. Marcius Philippus de Etrusceis marks the end of the independence
of Tarquinia, the leader of the coalition, and part of its territory was then confiscated by
Rome (Fig. 8.5).
Figure 8.4 The stronghold of Musarna, created around the end of the fourth century in the center
of the territory of Tarquinia presents in its five hectares all the characteristics of a city in miniature:
orthogonal plan, division into lots of its 12 residential insulae, a central piazza, public monuments,
capillary network of sewers, powerful fortifications and distinct areas of cemeteries.2 portique (lie s. av. J.-C.)1 place centrale
et edifice public (ler s. av. J.-C.)
3 marche4 temple d’Hercule (III® s. av. J.-C^)
5 domus (lles. av. J.-C.)6 bains publics (lles. av. J.-C.)
7 poterne ouest8 porte nord
10 mur d'enceinte avec, a Test,9 porte sud
11 avant-murune levee de terre
12 fosse defensif
13 necropole hellenistique(fin IVe-lers. av. J.-C.)