Ancient city, Etruria .
Located northwest of Rome near the modern city of Ceveteri, it was an important trading centre. Brought under Roman control in 253 BC, it prospered as part of the empire but declined in later centuries. The derived Latin word caeremonium (source of English ceremony ) reflects the Etruscan fascination with divination and prophecy. Tomb chambers have yielded gold and silver objects, which show an Orientalizing tendency in the Etruscan art of the 7th century BC.
Gold fibula from the Regolini-Galassi tomb, Caere, 7th century BC; in the Vatican Museum.
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