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Veii (also Veius, Veio) was an important ancient Etruscan city situated on the southern limits of Etruria and only north-northwest of Rome, Italy. [1]

67 relations: Ab Urbe Condita Libri, Ancient Rome, Apollo of Veii, Augustus, Aulus Cornelius Cossus, Battle of Silva Arsia, Battle of the Allia, Battle of Veii, British School at Rome, Caere, Campagnano di Roma, Capena, Castelnuovo di Porto, Chamber tomb, Colonia (Roman), Etruria, Etruscan civilization, Falerii, Fidenae, Formello, Fresco, Grotta Campana, Italy, John Bryan Ward-Perkins, Juno (mythology), Labaro, Lake Bracciano, Lars Tolumnius, Latium, Lazio, List of communes of the Metropolitan City of Capital Rome, Livia, Livy, Magliano Romano, Marcus Furius Camillus, Mazzano Romano, Monti Sabatini, Morlupo, Nepi, Plutarch, Portonaccio (Veio), Province of Rome, Publius Valerius Publicola, Raffaello Fabretti, Riano, Lazio, Roman dictator, Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Roman–Etruscan Wars, Rome, ..., Romulus, Sacrofano, Servius Tullius, Silva Ciminia, Tarquinia, Tarquinian conspiracy, The Rape of the Sabine Women, The Twelve Caesars, Tiber, Tuff, Tullus Hostilius, Tumulus, Via Cassia, Via Flaminia, Villa Giulia, Villanovan culture, World War II. Expand index (17 more) »

Ab Urbe Condita Libri

Livy's History of Rome, sometimes referred to as Ab Urbe Condita, is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin, between 27 and 9 BC.

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Ancient Rome

In historiography, ancient Rome is Roman civilization from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD, encompassing the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic and Roman Empire until the fall of the western empire.

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Apollo of Veii

The Apollo of Veii is a life-size painted terracotta Etruscan statue of Apollo (Aplu), designed to be placed at the highest part of a temple.

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Augustus

Augustus (Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was a Roman statesman and military leader who was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, controlling Imperial Rome from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.

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Aulus Cornelius Cossus

Aulus Cornelius Cossus was a Roman politician and general who lived in the fifth century BC.

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Battle of Silva Arsia

The Battle of Silva Arsia was a battle in 509 BC between the republican forces of ancient Rome and Etruscan forces of Tarquinii and Veii led by the deposed Roman king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus.

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Battle of the Allia

The Battle of the Allia was fought between the Senones (one of the Gallic tribes which had invaded northern Italy) and the Roman Republic.

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Battle of Veii

The Battle of Veii, also known as the Siege of Veii, is a battle of ancient Rome, approximately dated at 396 BC.

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British School at Rome

The is a centre of interdisciplinary research excellence in Italy supporting the full range of arts, humanities and social sciences.

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Caere

: Caere (also Caisra and Cisra) is the Latin name given by the Romans to one of the larger cities of Southern Etruria, the modern Cerveteri, approximately 50-60 kilometres north-northwest of Rome.

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Campagnano di Roma

Campagnano di Roma is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about northwest of Rome.

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Capena

Capena (until 1933 called Leprignano) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio region (central Italy).

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Castelnuovo di Porto

Castelnuovo di Porto is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about north of Rome.

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Chamber tomb

A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures.

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Colonia (Roman)

A Roman colonia (plural coloniae) was originally a Roman outpost established in conquered territory to secure it.

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Etruria

Etruria (usually referred to in Greek and Latin source texts as Tyrrhenia Τυρρηνία) was a region of Central Italy, located in an area that covered part of what are now Tuscany, Lazio, and Umbria.

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Etruscan civilization

The Etruscan civilization is the modern name given to a powerful and wealthy civilization of ancient Italy in the area corresponding roughly to Tuscany, western Umbria and northern Lazio.

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Falerii

Falerii (now Civita Castellana) was a city in southern Etruria, 50 km (31 mi) northeast of Rome, 34 km (21 mi) from Veii (a major Etruscan city-state near the River Tiber), 16 km (10 mi) form Rome) and about 1.5 km (0.9 mi) west of the ancient Via Flaminia. It was the main city of the Faliscans, a people whose language was a Latin dialect and was part of the Latino-Faliscan language group. The Ager Faliscus (Faliscan Country), which included the towns of Capena, Nepet (Nepi) and Sutrium (Sutri), was close to the Monti Cimini.

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Fidenae

Fidenae was an ancient town of Latium, situated about 8 km north of Rome on the Via Salaria, which ran between Rome and the Tiber.

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Formello

Formello is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome.

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Fresco

Fresco (plural frescos or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid, or wet lime plaster.

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Grotta Campana

The Grotta Campana or Tomba Campana is an Etruscan tomb in Veii, which was rediscovered in 1843 by Giampietro Campana.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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John Bryan Ward-Perkins

John Bryan Ward-Perkins, CMG, CBE, FBA (3 February 1912, Bromley, Kent, United Kingdom – 28 May 1981, Cirencester, United Kingdom) was a British Classical architectural historian and archaeologist, and director of the British School at Rome.

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Juno (mythology)

Juno (Latin: IVNO, Iūnō) is an ancient Roman goddess, the protector and special counselor of the state.

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Labaro

Labaro is a suburb of Rome located 11 kilometres north of its center along the Via Flaminia, just outside the Grande Raccordo Anulare highway, and adjacent to Prima Porta.

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Lake Bracciano

Lake Bracciano (Lago di Bracciano) is a lake of volcanic origin in the Italian region of Lazio, northwest of Rome.

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Lars Tolumnius

Lars Tolumnius (Etruscan: Larth Tulumnes, d. 437 BC), was the most famous king of the wealthy Etruscan city-state of Veii, roughly ten miles northwest of Rome, best remembered for instigating a war with Rome that ended in a decisive Roman victory.

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Latium

Latium is the region of central western Italy in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire.

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Lazio

Lazio (Latium) is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy.

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List of communes of the Metropolitan City of Capital Rome

A list of the 121 comunes of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, formerly the Province of Rome, in the Lazio region of central Italy.

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Livia

Livia Drusilla (Classical Latin: Livia•Drvsilla, Livia•Avgvsta) (30 January 58 BC – 28 September 29 AD), also known as Julia Augusta after her formal adoption into the Julian family in AD 14, was the wife of the Roman emperor Augustus throughout his reign, as well as his adviser.

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Livy

Titus Livius Patavinus (64 or 59 BCAD 12 or 17) – often rendered as Titus Livy, or simply Livy, in English language sources – was a Roman historian.

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Magliano Romano

Magliano Romano is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about north of Rome.

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Marcus Furius Camillus

Marcus Furius Camillus (c. 446 – 365 BC) was a Roman soldier and statesman of patrician descent.

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Mazzano Romano

Mazzano Romano is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about north of Rome.

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Monti Sabatini

The Monti Sabatini is a geologic region in Lazio, central Italy, a remnant of intense volcanism which started ca.

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Morlupo

Morlupo (Romanesco: Morlopu) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about north of Rome.

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Nepi

Nepi (anciently Nepet or Nepete) is a town and comune in Italy in the province of Viterbo, region of Lazio.

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Plutarch

Plutarch (Πλούταρχος, Ploútarkhos,; c. CE 46 – CE 120), later named, upon becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, (Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος) was a Greek biographer and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia.

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Portonaccio (Veio)

The sanctuary of Minerva at Portonaccio is an archaeological site on the western side of the plateau on which the ancient Etruscan city of Veii, north of Rome, Italy, was located.

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Province of Rome

The Province of Rome (Provincia di Roma) was one of the five provinces of Lazio, Italy.

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Publius Valerius Publicola

Publius Valerius Poplicola or Publicola (d. 503 BC) was one of four Roman aristocrats who led the overthrow of the monarchy, and became a Roman consul, the colleague of Lucius Junius Brutus in 509 BC, traditionally considered the first year of the Roman Republic.

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Raffaello Fabretti

Raphael Fabretti (1618 – January 7, 1700) was an Italian antiquarian.

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Riano, Lazio

Riano is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium.

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Roman dictator

A dictator was a magistrate of the Roman Republic, entrusted with the full authority of the state to deal with a military emergency or to undertake a specific duty.

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Roman Kingdom

The Roman Kingdom, or regal period, was the period of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by a monarchical form of government of the city of Rome and its territories.

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Roman Republic

The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom, traditionally dated to 509 BC, and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire.

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Roman–Etruscan Wars

The Roman–Etruscan Wars were a series of wars fought between ancient Rome (including both the Roman Kingdom and the Roman Republic) and the Etruscans, from the earliest stages of the history of Rome.

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Rome

Rome (Roma; Roma) is the capital city of Italy and a special comune (named Comune di Roma Capitale).

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Romulus

Romulus was the legendary founder and first king of Rome.

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Sacrofano

Sacrofano is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium, located about north of Rome.

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Servius Tullius

Servius Tullius was the legendary sixth king of Rome, and the second of its Etruscan dynasty.

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Silva Ciminia

The Silva Ciminia, the Ciminian Forest, was the unbroken primeval forest that separated Ancient Rome from Etruria.

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Tarquinia

Tarquinia, formerly Corneto, is an old city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Italy known chiefly for its outstanding and unique ancient Etruscan tombs in the widespread necropoli or cemeteries which it overlies, for which it was awarded UNESCO World Heritage status.

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Tarquinian conspiracy

The Tarquinian conspiracy was a conspiracy amongst a number of senators and leading men of ancient Rome in 509 BC to reinstate the monarchy, and to put Lucius Tarquinius Superbus back on the throne.

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The Rape of the Sabine Women

The Rape of the Sabine Women was an incident in Roman mythology in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region.

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The Twelve Caesars

De vita Caesarum (Latin; literal translation: About the Life of the Caesars), commonly known as The Twelve Caesars, is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus.

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Tiber

The Tiber (Latin Tiberis, Italian Tevere) is the third-longest river in Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria and Lazio, where it is joined by the river Aniene, to the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Ostia and Fiumicino.

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Tuff

Tuff (from the Italian tufo) is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption.

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Tullus Hostilius

Tullus Hostilius (r. 673–642 BC) was the legendary third king of Rome.

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Tumulus

A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

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Via Cassia

The Via Cassia was an important Roman road striking out of the Via Flaminia near the Milvian Bridge in the immediate vicinity of Rome and passing not far from Veii traversed Etruria.

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Via Flaminia

The Via Flaminia was an ancient Roman road leading from Rome over the Apennine Mountains to Ariminum (Rimini) on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, and due to the ruggedness of the mountains was the major option the Romans had for travel between Etruria, Latium, Campania, and the Po Valley.

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Villa Giulia

The Villa Giulia is a villa in Rome, Italy.

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Villanovan culture

The Villanovan culture was the earliest Iron Age culture of central and northern Italy, abruptly following the Bronze Age Terramare culture and giving way in the 7th century BC to an increasingly orientalizing culture influenced by Greek traders, which was followed without a severe break by the Etruscan civilization.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veii

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