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Siena, like other Tuscan hill towns, was first settled in the time of the Etruscans (c. 900 BC to 400 BC) when it was inhabited by a tribe called the Saina. The Etruscans were an advanced people who changed the face of central Italy through their use of irrigation to reclaim previously unfarmable land, and their custom of building their settlements in well-defended hill-forts. Then, at the time of the Emperor Augustus, a Roman town called Saena Julia was founded in the site. The first document mentioning dates from 70 AD. Siena may then have been under the control of invading Gaulish forces – who are known to have sacked Rome in 390 BC. Some archaeologists assert it was controlled for a period by a Gaulish tribe called the Saenones. The Roman origin accounts for the town's emblem – a she-wolf suckling the infants Romulus and Remus. According to legend, Siena was founded by Senius, son of Remus, who was in turn the brother of Romulus, after whom Rome was named. Statues and other artwork depicting a she-wolf suckling the young twins Romulus and Remus can be seen all over the city of Siena. (Wikipedia).

The Municipal districts are: Siena, Poggibonsi, Colle di Val d'Elsa, Montepulciano, Sinalunga, Chiusi, Sovicille, Monteriggioni, Castelnuovo Berardenga, Monteroni d'Arbia, Torrita di Siena, San Gimignano, Chianciano Terme, Abbadia San Salvatore, Asciano, Montalcino, Rapolano Terme, Sarteano, Piancastagnaio, Buonconvento, Casole d'Elsa, Cetona, Castellina in Chianti, Castiglione d'Orcia, San Quirico d'Orcia, Gaiole in Chianti, Pienza, Murlo, Chiusdino, San Casciano dei Bagni, Radda in Chianti, Trequanda, Monticiano, Radicofani, Radicondoli, San Giovanni d'Asso.

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