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Between the IVth and the IIIrd century B.C. signs of the new balance created in the Apuan-Versilian region by the arrival of the Ligurians and by the more and more insistent interest of Rome in the area are to be seen in the disposition of the Etruscan settlements along the heights surrounding and dominating the Versilia plain. In this way, indeed, the Etruscan communities maintained a twofold control: on the coast, where their landing places and trading centres were situated, and on the mountainous hinterland. The Etruscans played an intermediary role in the commercial contacts with the Ligurians.
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