... Age (900-600 BC) They were a native Italian people that lived in Italy that had existed and lived in the Late Iron Age. It is thought these people found and actually start construction of the town of Pompeii at its present site on the plateau with its first structures and gave the town its name. At this period, the first city walls were marked out and not very strong due to the Oscans using soft rock and was used really for marking out the city boundaries and not for the use of defence. Shortly before the making of the city walls, there was an establishment of a trade route with Pithecusae, a Greek colony, which may have led to the Greek capture of Pompeii. The contributions made by the Oscans were not very advanced or very significant but they must be appreciated for their contributions of providing a base ...

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