Over 50 examples of cyclopean masonry are reported between Rosella and Altamura in Italy, roughly 500 km apart. Different scholars have credited them to unrelated groups — Etruscans, Pelasgians, Greeks, Romans, Samnites, Oscans. The most common proposal credits Italic tribes (Sabines, Umbrians, Latins), who arrived around the 11th–12th century BC. But attributing these walls to whoever lived nearby when writing appears may be oversimplification. 🧱🔍
Polygonal and cyclopean walls: more than 50 examples between Rosella and Altamura
Key facts
- More than 50 examples of cyclopean masonry are reported between Rosella and Altamura in Italy, roughly 500 km apart.
- Scholars have attributed these walls to unrelated groups, including Etruscans, Pelasgians, Greeks, Romans, Samnites and Oscans, treating them as independent developments.
- The most commonly proposed builders of cyclopean walls are Italic tribes, a group of Indo-European speakers including Sabines, Umbrians and Latins.
- The video argues that attributing cyclopean walls to populations living nearby when writing first appeared is oversimplification.
- Italic peoples arrived in Italy around the 11th–12th century BC; before Roman written records from the 5th century BC their building activity is poorly documented.
- The video notes that Italic cities lacked stone construction other than the cyclopean walls they occupied.
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