42°24′39″N 11°17′11″E / 42.410919°N 11.286503°E
Location | Ansedonia, Italy |
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Region | Province of Grosseto |
Coordinates | 42°24′39.3078″N 11°17′11.4102″E / 42.410918833°N 11.286502833°E |
Type | Settlement |
History | |
Founded | 273 BC |
Abandoned | after AD 1329 |
Periods | Roman Republic, Roman Empire |
Cultures | Ancient Rome |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 1948–54, 1965–72, 1990s, 2010s |
Archaeologists | Frank E. Brown, Elizabeth Fentress |
Condition | ruined |
Public access | yes |
Website | Ansedonia - Città di Cosa; Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cosa (in Italian) |
Cosa was an ancient Roman city near the present Ansedonia in southwestern Tuscany, Italy. It is sited on a hill 113 m above sea level and 140 km northwest of Rome on the Tyrrhenian Sea coast. It has assumed a position of prominence in Roman archaeology owing to its excavation.[1]