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The town of Aleria (Alalia) on Corsica was first founded by the Phoceans, but right after the battle in the Sea of Sardinia between the Carthaginians and the Greeks in the sixth century BC it was abandoned by them. The Etruscans, allied with the Carthaginians at the time of the battle, refounded Aleria.
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The site called Alalia by the Phocaeans, on the island of Corsica. Around 500 BC the Carthaginians and Etruscans fought the Phocaeans in the battle of the Sea of Sardinia and drove the Phocaeans out of Corsica. In later times the Romans refounded the city.
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The remains of Aleria are from roman times.
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The pictures of Aleria were taken in the nineties of the previous century.
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