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a true open museum
History The strong links with the Villanoviani (10th-11th centuries b. C.) of the future Etruria gave increasing space to the cultural influences of the East. The great commercial maritime traffic, carried out especially by the Semites, noticeably implicated post-nuragic Sardinia and brought it into contact with the cultures of the East-Mediterranean. The presence of first the Phoenicians then the Punics on the coasts and in the hinterland marked the island’s entrance into history. The progress and richness which that society has handed down to us through archaeological treasures and singular monuments were stopped suddenly by the long wars between the Punics and the Romans, leaving Sardinia under the oppression of the latter. From 238 b. C. the bloody “pax romana” was effected and only in 111 b. C. could it be considered accomplished after numerous battles and bitter triumphs.
The Santa Sabina church of Byzantine architecture and, in the background, the nuraghe of the same name (Silanus)
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