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| | On the trail of the ancient people of Sardinia. 5/5 |
 | | During the last centuries of the nuragic civilisation, along the coast of the Island the Phoenicians founded their first colonies: Sulci, today's Sant'Antioco, Karalis on the site of the current capital of Sardinia, Nora and Bithia not far from Cagliari and Tharros in the Province of Oristano. |
 | | In about 510 BC, after various straggles, the Carthaginians managed to conquer Sardinia, setting up a complex defensive system in order to control the main means of communication between the coast and the inland areas and the places of particular economic interest. |
 | | In 238 BC Sardinia became a Roman province, and the new conquerors, in order to impose their rule had to face the hostility and the resistance of the Sardinian-Punic people, who continued their cultural traditions for a long time. |
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