Sasseri

Sasseri, is a city of the Istalian region of Sarregna.

Ancient History
The city was founded as Caesar Rex Colonia, a Selucian colony, named after an important ruler of the city in Selucia from which the settlers came, funded by that King himself too.

The selucians of Caesar Rex was the colony that more than other established cordial relations with the Kingdom of Qolshamih, cooperating in several fields. Qolshamin gods were worshiped in ancient Sasseri while Sassari's selucians traveled over the Kingdom of the Mainland spreading the selucian culture.

For this reason the people of ancient Sasseri was the one that continued to side with Qolshamih during the last years of the powerful Kingdom and for the same reason they suffered greatly the siege and the sack by part of Nicoma.

Modern and recent history
During the following medieval period Sasseri remained a little provincial town, renowned just for its provincial market. However, it was this that made the furtune of the city in the following centuries, becoming one of the most important agricultural center of the island, a role increased under the dominion of the Ahmadi Caliphate, which promoted an increase of the production to export foods to the growing majatran peoples in the west.

The Kingdom of Istalia heredited this important agricultural production: the River Tanallo became the breadbasket of Alaria. The city's nobility, during centuries when the landownership represented the most important economic activities, competed with the ones of other cities of the Kingdom, first of all with the one in the Capital, Calliari. They gave prestige to the city promoting the arts and creating several artistic and technical schools.

In 19th century the city known a industrial development like most part of Istalia, but always related to the agricultural sector, with most of the industrial products used by an ever more mechanized and modern agriculture. In recent times, finally, the city invested in the culture, to promote the ancient remains of the ancient colony as well as the testimoniancies of the oldest authoctonous civilizations developed along the Tanallo.

Government
The local form of government of the city follow the model of the mayor–council government system, with a mayor (Istalian: Sindaco) elected by voters, and a unicameral council as the legislative branch (Istalian: Consiglio). To the mayor is given almost total administrative authority and a clear, wide range of political independence, with the power to appoint and dismiss department heads and furthermore he prepares and administers the city budget, although most part of the decisions must be approved by the council.