This is also evidenced by the tombs constructed with vaulted ceilings and openings in the ceilings, similar to the Tarquinian ones, and by the rocky tombs, such as the famous cube-shaped or a dado Tomb of the Peschiera (first years of the VI century BCE).

Left: tomba "a dado". Right: reconstruction of the front of the "Tomba di Peschiera".

These last tombs in turn reveal contacts with tombs of the same period in the inland area around Caere.

With the Hellenistic Phase (IV-I centuries BCE) the city entered a period of special prosperity. The necropoli present chamber tombs with benches for the positioning of clay sarcophagi with so called recumbenti, figures of people laying back as if on a dinner couch on the sarcophagus lid, all with a clearly Tarquinian flavour.

Some important examples are the tombs belonging to the Vipinana family, with 27 sarcophagi, those belonging to the Statlana family with 50 sarcophagi and those belonging to the Atna family with 4 sarcophagi. The recent discovery of two tombs in the Hellenistic necropolis of Madonna d'Olivo, belonging to the Curuna family, has attracted specail attention. These were found intact, with many rich grave goods of bronze and ceramic and with over 30 sarcophagi, some with bas-relief decorations and with inscriptions.

During the Roman Imperial Age, Tuscania was a fairly important centre, being a station along the Via Clodia. But it was with the Middle Ages that the city became a Bisphoric of great importance so much so that it absorbed the whole territory that had been dependent on Tarquinia in ancient times.

Source: Cateni, G., The Etruscans, Novara, 1988