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Florence, a bit of history
There is no doubt that in prehistoric times many areas
in Tuscany were already inhabited, as witnessed by in-
teresting finds in the territories of Arezzo, of Siena
(Paleolithic) and in the rest of the region (Neolithic and
age of metals). Finds from the long period of the bronze
age, dating back lo 1500 B.C., are already considered
historical and include pottery, tools and weapons in
stone, bone and metal. The Villanovan culture belongs
to the Iron Age (9th-8th cent. B.C.) and is the prelude
to the birth here of the great Etruscan civilization. In
the 7th and 6th centuries the Etruscans went beyond the
current borders of the region and occupied parts of
Latium, Campania, Umbria, the valley of the Po and
Corsica. During these centuries the Etruscans controlled
a large portion of the peninsula and brought a high
degree of civilization and progress to the areas they
ruled. But in the 5th-4th centuries they were attacked by
other peoples who had in the meantime been growing
in power and culture. They gave way lo the Greek and
Carthaginian supremacy of the seas and that of the
Celts and Romans on land and were in the end forced
to stipulate peace treaties with the Romans, who were
the new political force on the peninsula. The policy
adopted by the Romans in Etruria was particularly intel-
ligent and permitted the conquered Etruscan cities to re-
tain a partial autonomy. They also sponsored numerous
public works (among other they connected Etruria to
the most important communication routes). Even so the
region slowly and inexorably declined as the population
continued to diminish. At the beginning of the Imperial
age Tuscany became the VII region of the Roman Em-
pire. In the 3rd century A.D., under the reign of Diocle-
tian, Etruria, now known as Tuscia, was joined to Um-
bria. In the early Middie Ages Tuscia‘s decline, which
was to continue under Lombard rule, set in. Once -
flourishing centers such as Lucca, Pisa, Arezzo and
Florence became ever less important. The arrivai of the
Franks (A.D. 774) marked a turn jor the better. The
region was divided into feuds and with feudalism the
abandoned cities of Tuscia slowly came back to life.
The Crusades meant new life for one city in particular
Pisa. A city on the sea, and therefore favored in trade,
Pisa was the center where the various Tuscan feudatar-
ies met before setting sail for the East from the port of
Pisa. In the meanwhile other Tuscan cities, in particular
Florence (in the field of textiles) and Siena (for banking
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