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ELVA (Island) ETROURIA
or Ilva. An island in the Tuscan Sea, the modern Elba.
or Ilva. The modern Elba. An island of the Tyrrhenian Sea, off
the coast of Etruria, and about ten miles from the promontory of Populonium. It
was early celebrated for its rich iron mines; but by whom they were first discovered
and worked is uncertain, as they are said to exhibit the marks of labour carried
on for an incalculable time.
Total results on 7/5/2001: 8 for Ilva, 70 for Elba.
Named Aithalia by the Greeks, the island is cited by Greek writers (from Polybius to Strabo, Ptolemy, and Diodorus Siculus) and by Latin writers (from Vergil to Pliny and Rutilius Namatianus) primarily for the mining of iron, first by the Greeks, then by the Etruscans and the Romans. A large number of discoveries have been made on land and in the sea (an abandoned ancient ship at Procchio). Inhabited from the Stone Age into the Roman era, the island offers even now the sight of two large Roman villas, one at Grotte di Portoferraio and the other at Cavo di Rio Marina. Archaeological finds are in the museums of Florence, Livorno, Rome, Reggio Emilia, and in depositories on Elba (Portoferraio, Marciana, and Porto Azzurro).
G. Monaco, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Nov 2002 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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