- the city.
Camillus attacked the city on all
sides so as to
distract the
Veientines. The
Romans then
emerged from the
tunnel and
their forces quickly overwhelmed...
- sufficient, and they were
distracted by
internal matters.
However the
Veientine army
entered Roman territory in the
following year, 482 BC, and ravaged...
-
Arsia is a
forest or
wooded area near Rome
situated where the
Roman and
Veientine territories abutted.
Legend has it that in 509 BCE
Romans heard the prophetic...
-
capture in Livy is
mostly legendary.
After a ten-year
siege (the
third Veientine war) – "obviously
modelled on the Gr****
legend of the
Trojan war" – the...
-
hostilities with the Aequi.
Continuation of
hostilities with Veii. The
Veientine army
enters Roman territory and
ravages the countryside. "Consuls of the...
-
classes flare during the battle.
Continuation of
hostilities with Veii. The
Veientine army
threatens to
besiege Rome but
nothing notable occurs. The tribune...
- Collatinus, Lucretia's husband, Died .
Battle of
Silva Arsia:
Tarquinian and
Veientine forces loyal to
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus were
defeated in the Silva...
- most
famous king of Veii was Lars
Tolumnus whose family was part of the
Veientine aristocracy and who
instigated a war with Rome in 438 BC. The
nearby Roman...
- had
defeated Veii in the 390s. This tuff was
quarried by the
vanquished Veientines. In
addition to the tuff blocks, some
sections of the
structure incorporated...
- pignora: the
stone of the
Mother of the Gods, the
terracotta chariot of the
Veientines, the ancile, the
sceptre of Priam, the veil of Iliona, and the palladium...
