"The Etruscan and Roman territory of Trequanda (Siena, Italy). Rediscovering the ancient “thermal” complex of Pieve di Santo Stefano a Cennano at Castelmuzio

This paper discusses ‘new’ and fundamental evidence for the understanding of the Etruscan and Roman landscape in the area of Trequanda, Castelmuzio (province of Siena, Italy). This medieval village is located in the northern area of the territory that during the first millennium BC was under the control of the Etruscan city-state of Chiusi and later of the municipium of Clusium. We discuss the discovery of a plan and a photograph of a Roman “thermal” complex in the locality of Pieve di Santo Stefano a Cennano. This site was previously known only thanks to a few lines by Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli in 1927. It is now possible to position the site accurately on a GIS-based platform and to reconsider the entire topography of the area, which appears crucial both in Etruscan and Roman times