Cyclopean walls dot Italy, many encircling ancient towns and villages, while some central Italian “no-city” walls lack associated settlements, datable organics or identified burial grounds. The video argues that these isolated walls predate Roman expansion and the usual fifth-century-BC dating. Their true age and origins remain debated.
Video argues that Italy’s “no-city” walls predate Roman expansion
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Key facts
- Cyclopean walls are documented across Italy, including southern Lazio, and many enclose ancient towns and villages.
- Some central Italian “no-city” wall sites have no associated buildings or settlements, datable organic material, or identified burial grounds.
- Wall dating varies by site and construction phase; a fifth-century-BC attribution applies to some walls, not all Cyclopean masonry in Italy.
- Rome was present in central Italy before the fourth century BCE, so “Roman arrival” is an imprecise description of Roman expansion.
- The video argues that the no-city walls were abandoned before Roman expansion and are older than their conventional fifth-century-BC attribution; their true age remains unknown.
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Massive cyclopean walls encircle towns and villages, their stones darkened by the passing of centuries and millennia. One can never get used to them.
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