The first peoples coming from sea

Since the VIII century B.C., until the accession of Cartagine (during the second half of the VI century B.C.), the Phoenicians laid in Sardinia some commercial basis among the current Cagliari, Sant'Antioco and Bosa.

In a second period, along the western coast of the island, developped some little villages rich of culture and productive activities, which were then occupied by Romans as from the III centuty B.C.: between the two colonizations sets the so-called Punic period.

Between 1200 and 1050 B.C. Sardinia was also visited by navigators, who came from Micene, as demonstrated by the finds found in various archaeological sites all around the island.

After the cultural crisis of Micene, came the Phoenics sailed from the current Lebanon (beginning from the mighty Tiro): among peoples come from the eastern Mediterranean, they have been the ones, who left the greatest testimonies.

Mycenaeans and Phoenics were particularly interested in mineral deposits, of which Sardinia was rich: a quality which caught the Romans' eye.

It is to specify that, the studies of archaeologists, in digs still in progress, are leading to a costant updating of the theories about the activities of settler peoples in Sardinia.