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New Light from Ancient Cosa
Sixteen distinguished scholars shed new light on the ancient Roman colony of Cosa. Anna Marguerite McCann surveys the harbor, inspiring Elaine Gazda's study of hydraulic concrete. The far-flung commercial activities of Cosa's Sestius family are explored by Lawrence Richardson, jr, and by Elizabeth Lyding Will, the latter documenting Sestius amphoras excavated by Jacques Cousteau. McCann finds similar Sestius amphoras on the ancient sea route from Rome to Africa with the remote robot excavator. Seaman Vincent Bruno describes Cosa's maritime neighbors. Eric Baade recalls life on the dig, while Russell T. Scott and Portia Paradise focus on the Cosa Museum. Jacquelyn Collins-Clinton's study of t...
Cosa
A detailed description of site findings from one of the most important sources on Republican and Early Imperial Etruria
Cosa III
Cosa was a Latin colony founded by Rome in 273 BC in a territory confiscated from the Etruscan city of Vulci. The town became an agricultural and commercial centre, whose trade can be traced in part through a distinctive type of amphora to destinations throughout the Mediterrnean world. But Cosa's archaeological importance lies in the information its structure and town-planning provide about the Republican period. Cosa IV: the Houses by Vincent J. Bruno and Russell T. Scott Report on a group of recently excavated houses between the forum and the northwest gate which traces the development of the Roman house from a small urban dwelling of the early colony to the more elaborate houses of the l...
