- chapter 15: Etruria on the Po and the Adriatic Sea –
traffi c and two sidewalks used for pedestrian traffi c as well as for a resting place and
shops. Roads less than fi ve meters wide (stenopoi) were used to defi ne the individual blocks
that held the houses, factories and production facilities, but also the great city temple of
Tinia that was recently discovered. The houses are characterized by a planimetric variety
(Fig. 15.17), had strong foundations of large river pebbles, superstructures in unfi red
clay bricks dried in the sun or of “graticcio” (“lattice-system” construction), and roofs of
pan and cover tiles. Along the main street, plateia A, are the houses with structures of a
compluviate atrium, belonging to the upper class. The production workshops were used
in particular for two craft activities: metallurgy and production of ceramics and tiles.
The metallurgy was practiced not only in small domestic workshops but also in large and
specialized ateliers. The production of ceramics and tiles is also evidenced by small kilns
scattered everywhere in the urban area and in a very large facility of Regio II-Insula 1, in
the service of the temple of the city-cult dedicated to Tinia, corresponding to Greek Zeus
(Fig. 15.18). The temple, built in the early fi fth century bc, is perfectly placed in the urban
Figure 15.17 Reconstruction of House 1 of Regio IV-insula 2 of Marzabotto
(Dipartimento di Archeologia di Bologna).Figure 15.18 Photo and plan of the city temple of Marzabotto
(Dipartimento di Archeologia di Bologna).