History of Sardinia the speech of the majority of the inhabitants, ultimately developing into the modern Sardinian language, also the Roman religion began to spread among Sardinians. Caralis, the provincial capital, Nora and Sulci obtained the status of Municipium within the 1st century AD and a Roman colony named Turris Libissonis (Porto Torres) was founded in the north-west while the village of Usellus become perphans a Roman colony under Trajan. 4 great roads were built: 2 along the coasts and 2 in the interior connecting all the major cities. During the Roman period, the geographer Ptolemy noted that Sardinia was inhabited by the
Music of Sardinia of Ordinance) in 1861. "Dimonios" (Demons) is the official hymn of the Sassari Mechanized Brigade, written in Logudorese Sardinian. Music of Sardinia Sardinia is probably the most culturally distinct of all the regions in Italy and, musically, is best known for the "tenore" polyphonic singing, sacred chants called "gosos", the "launeddas", an ancient instrument that consists of a set of three single-reed pipes, all three mouth-blown simultaneously using circular breathing, with two chanters and one drone and the "cantu a chiterra", a monodic song that is accompanied by guitar, widespread mainly in the center and north of the island. The