Arezzo was a major Etruscan and then Roman center.
The great rival of Florence and Siena, it reached the height of power in the early 1300s under the Signoria ofGuido Tarlati (by the end
of the century, however, it had become a dominion of Florence).
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Already famous in Etruscan times, Cortona became an ally of Rome in the 4th century B.C. In the 13th century it became a free commune but at the end of the century it was occupied by Arezzo. After alternating political vicissitudes the city became a signoria of the Casali fa-mily. In 1411 it entered the Florentine sphere of in-fluence and then followed the destiny of the Gran Duchy of Tuscany.
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