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MegalithFringe site

Susa

Italy

DatedEst. 4000 BCE–600 CE

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Overview

Susa (Latin: Secusia, Segusio) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy. It lies in the Susa Valley at the confluence of the Cenischia with the Dora Riparia, a tributary of the Po, at the foot of the Cottian Alps, 51 km (32 mi) west of Turin.

The town preserves remains of its Roman predecessor Segusio, notably the Arch of Augustus, a Roman amphitheatre and the archaeological area of Piazza Savoia.

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Where it sits in time

The site's dated range, placed against world reference points.

The scale is logarithmic: each step to the left is about ten times older than the last.

  1. Göbekli Tepe9600 BCE
  2. First farming9500 BCE
  3. Avebury2600 BCE
  4. Great Pyramid of Giza2560 BCE
  5. Stonehenge2500 BCE
  6. Bronze Age collapse1200 BCE
  7. Rome founded753 BCE
  8. Parthenon447 BCE
  9. Hadrian's Wall122 CE
  10. Machu Picchu built1450 CE
12,000 BCE8,000 BCE4,000 BCE1 CE1,500 CE
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Est. 4000 BCE–600 CEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical for this type

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Susa

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Segusio was founded by the Ligures and was the capital of the Segusini, also known as the Cottii.

Susa, Piedmont

History

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Segusio was founded by the Ligures and was the capital of the Segusini, also known as the Cottii. In the late 1st century BC it became voluntarily part of the Roman Empire, and it was the capital of the province of Alpes Cottiae. The medieval historian Rodulfus Glaber called Susa the oldest of Alpine towns.

In the Middle and Modern ages Susa remained important as a hub of roads connecting southern France to Italy. In 1167 Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, was attacked here, and in 1174 the emperor pillaged the town in revenge. Susa was perhaps the earliest mint of the counts of Savoy, and coins of the 11th-12th centuries bearing Secusia on the reverse survive. During the Napoleonic era a new road, the Via Napoleonica, was built.

Archaeology

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Remains of the Roman city have been found in excavations of the central square, Piazza Savoia. The triumphal Arch of Augustus was erected in 8 BC by a Romanized local chief in honour of Augustus. The castle of Marquise Adelaide is likely located on the site of the ancient Roman praetorium. Susa Cathedral (San Giusto) dates from 1029.