- Hilary Becker –
Figure 18.4 Funerary cippus from Chiusi, now in Palermo, depicting magistrates judging contests.
Second quarter of the fi fth century bce. Jannot 1984, Fig. 171.Figure 18.5 A road cutting in the tufo near Pitigliano.
Photo credit: Parco Archeologico Città del Tufo.radiated out of these cities, serving the needs of all of the citizens of their territories,
whether for trade, war, or basic communication needs (Fig. 18.6). The territories of Veii,
Caere and Falerii Veteres also had extensive networks of cuniculi, or manmade tunnels,
carved into the tufo and used to channel and divert water. The use of cuniculi would have
supported the agricultural needs of each city’s territory and helped to maintain the roads,
thus cuniculi represented very good investments for a city.