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42°24′39″N 11°17′11″E / 42.410919°N 11.286503°E / 42.410919; 11.286503

Cosa
Vulci's coast, seen from Cosa
Cosa is located in Tuscany
Cosa
Shown within Tuscany
Cosa is located in Italy
Cosa
Cosa (Italy)
LocationAnsedonia, Italy
RegionProvince of Grosseto
Coordinates42°24′39.3078″N 11°17′11.4102″E / 42.410918833°N 11.286502833°E / 42.410918833; 11.286502833
TypeSettlement
History
Founded273 BC
Abandonedafter AD 1329
PeriodsRoman Republic, Roman Empire
CulturesAncient Rome
Site notes
Excavation dates1948–54, 1965–72, 1990s, 2010s
ArchaeologistsFrank E. Brown, Elizabeth Fentress
Conditionruined
Public accessyes
WebsiteAnsedonia - Città di Cosa; Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cosa (in Italian)

Cosa was an ancient Roman city near the present Ansedonia in southwestern Tuscany, Italy. It is sited on a hill 113 m above sea level and 140 km northwest of Rome on the Tyrrhenian Sea coast. It has assumed a position of prominence in Roman archaeology owing to its excavation.[1]

  1. ^ Dyson, S., 2005: "Success and failures at Cosa (Roman and American)", Journal of Roman Archaeology 18, 615-620. DOI

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