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Volterra, known to the ancient Etruscans as ''Velathri'', to the Romans as ''Volaterrae'', is a town and ''comune'' in the Tuscany region of Italy. ==History== The town was a Neolithic settlement and an important Etruscan center (Velathri or Felathri in Etruscan, Velàthre, ''Βελάθρη'' in Greek) with an original civilization. The site is believed to have been continuously inhabited as a city since at least the end of the 8th century BC.〔(Volterra: Historical City and Cultural Landscape. Unesco )〕 It became a municipium in the Roman Age. The city was a bishop's residence in the 5th century, and its episcopal power was affirmed during the 12th century. With the decline of the episcopate, Volterra became a place of interest of the Florentines, whose forces conquered Volterra. Florentine rule was not always popular, and opposition occasionally broke into rebellion. These rebellions were put down by Florence. Notable citizens included: *Persius, the Roman satirist of Etruscan stock; possibly *Lucius Petronius Taurus Volusianus, ''consul'' with the Emperor Gallienus in AD 261 and Urban Prefect in AD 267-8; and *The Mannerist painter Daniele da Volterra. The poet Jacopo da Leona was a judge at Volterra in the 13th century. When the Florentine Republic fell in 1530, Volterra came under the control of the Medici family and later followed the history of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Volterra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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