May
16
/ 2020
Sardinia is a beautiful Italian island renowned for its stunning views. It is also a historic island with over 7000 prehistoric archaeological sites that date from before 1000 BC and many amazing heritage sites including the Roman Amphitheatre at Cagliari. This is one of the finest surviving amphitheaters in Europe. Blood and Spectacle at the Roman Amphitheatre For millennia Sardinia lay at the crossroads of many maritime trade routes. From the Late Bronze Age, the island was home to the mysterious Nuragic civilization, renowned for their stone towers. From the 9th and through the 8th century BC, the Phoenicians established trade outposts on Sardinia until the Carthaginians conquered much of the south of the island in the 5th century BC
