Possible Roman amphitheatre discovered at Volterra

An 80-meter-long elliptical-shaped wall discovered in the Tuscan city of Volterra could have originally been part of a Roman amphitheatre, Tuscany Governor Enrico Rossi said on Friday.

The 80-meter-long elliptical-shaped wall discovered in the Tuscan city of Volterra 
could have originally been part of a Roman amphitheatre [Credit: Silvi]

The recent discovery in Volterra, an important Etruscan center that became a municipium in the Roman Age, could change local archaeological history and become the most important finding of a Roman amphitheatre over the last century, Rossi announced, together with Volterra Mayor Marco Buselli and Tuscany's archaeological heritage Superintendent Andrea Pessina.

The wall was discovered during excavation work near the city's Porta di Diana, west of the municipal cemetery and south of the Etruscan Necropolis of Portone.