- Giuseppe Sassatelli and Elisabetta Govi –
Figure 15.15 General plan of the city of Marzabotto (Dipartimento di Archeologia di Bologna).Figure 15.16 Layout of the foundation ritual of the city of Marzabotto
(Dipartimento di Archeologia di Bologna).The genuinely Etruscan foundation ritual combines with inspiration and urbanistic
experiences of the Greek colonial world, developed between the late sixth and early fi fth
century bc. The town of Marzabotto is thus built according to strict criteria of regularity
and urban planning: a large, 15-meter-wide road (plateia A) runs through the town in a
north-south direction and is crossed perpendicularly by three other roads also 15 meters
wide (plateiai B, C and D), all with a central roadway of at least fi ve meters for vehicular