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Veii (vē`ī), ancient city of Etruria, 11 mi (18 km) NW of Rome, Italy. One of the most powerful member cities of the Etruscan League, it was constantly at war with Rome. It fell (c.396 B.C.) to the Roman army under Camillus after a 10-year siege. The city was an important center of Etruscan civilization Etruscan civilization, highest civilization in Italy before the rise of Rome. The core of the territory of the Etruscans, known as Etruria to the Latins, was northwest of the Tiber River, now in modern Tuscany and part of Umbria . ..... Click the link for more information. and was especially noted for its statuary. VeiiAncient Etruscan town. It was located about 10 mi (16 km) northwest of Rome, near modern Veio. An important city of the Etruscan confederation and the foremost 6th-century producer of Etruscan terra-cotta sculptures, it had hegemony over Rome in the 7th–6th centuries BC. A subsequent series of wars ended in its destruction by Rome in 396 BC after a 10-year siege. Under Augustus it was made a municipium, and up to the 3rd century AD it continued as a religious centre. Veii an ancient Etruscan city, northwest of Rome: destroyed by the Romans in 396 bc How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Camillus first earned renown by successfully storming the city of the Veii, which the Romans had been besieging for 10 years. OTCBB:VEII) an entertainment/development company, today stated that while the events of yesterday's trading would be discouraging to some, management at VEII remain very optimistic and enthusiastic about their project and feel yesterdays volatility was more a direct result of the publics current skepticism toward the market than anything else. The four kings that followed Tullus continued the Roman tradition of endless war, with campaigns against formidable foes like the Veii, the Aequans and the Volscians. |
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