Arretium (modern Arezzo) was an important Etruscan town located in the extreme north-east of Etruria in central Italy. Flourishing as a trade and manufacturing centre, Arretium managed to overcome its rivalry with Rome and continue as a prosperous town into the Imperial period. Although much of its ancient architecture has disappeared, one significant legacy from the Etruscan period is the magnificent bronze statue known as the Chimera of Arezzo, perhaps that culture's finest surviving art piece.
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c. 500 BCE - c. 400 BCEThe Etruscan bronze statue known as the 'Chimera of Arezzo' is sculpted.
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302 BCERome intervenes to assist the ruling Cilnii clan at Arretium against a popular uprising.
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284 BCEEtruscan Volsinii with an army of Gauls attacks Arretium.
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283 BCERomans defeat the Etruscans and Celts at lake Vadimo.
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80 BCESulla attacks Arretium and then creates a colony for his veterans.
