Gravisca (Cravsca in Etruscan and Graviscae LatinMario Torelli et al., “Gravisca,” NSc (1970)) was the port of the Etruscan city of Tarquinii, situated 8 km west of the city center.
The Etruscan settlement, occupied ca. sixth to third centuries BC, had four principal occupational phases from ca. 600 to 250 B.C. Gravisca. Scavi nel santuario greco It was superseded by the establishment of a colonia of Roman citizenship at the site in 181 BC.Liv. 40.29.1.1 http://latin.packhum.org/loc/914/1/1526/45-53 The port functioned as an emporion and there is ample evidence for merchants and perhaps Greek artisans based at the site. There was a Greek quarter at the city.THE CAMBRIDGE ANCIENT HISTORY - The Expansion of the Greek World, Eighth to Sixth Centuries B.C. - Edited by JOHN BOARDMAN F.B.A. (Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art in the University of Oxford), N. G. L. HAMMOND F.B.A. (Professor Emeritus of Greek University of Bristol) The cults of numerous Greek gods, including Aphrodite, Hera,Mario Torelli "Il santuario di Hera a Gravisca” La Parola del Passato 136 (1971) 44-67. Demeter, and Apollo, are attested.
The port is mentioned by name in book 10, line 23 of the Aeneid.
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