Cerveteri [tʃerˈvɛːteri] is a town and comune of the northern Lazio, in the province of Rome. Originally known as Caere, it is famous for a number of Etruscan necropolises.Cerveteri is believed to be one of the city-states of the Etruscan League and at its height in around 600 BC the size of the city were perhaps around 25,000 - 40,000 people.