384 BC who, landing his troops in the night, plundered the temple of Ilithyia from which he is said to have carried off an enormous sum of 1000 talents in gold and silver.

In about 273 Caere was threatened by the Romans with war and to ensure peace it surrendered half its territory. The Romans then established a colonia maritima at Pyrgi around that time against Etruscan pirates and against potential Punic invasion. The colonia was built as a rectangular fort. At