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Volscians

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Volscians (vŏl`shəns) or Volsci (vŏl`sī), people of ancient Italy. They occupied the country SE of the Alban Hills. They were early opponents of the Romans and Latins. The story of Coriolanus Coriolanus (Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus) (kôr'ēəlā`nəs), Roman patrician.
..... Click the link for more information. , a Roman who led the Volscians against Rome, only to turn back at the last minute and be put to death by the Volscians, is probably more legend than truth. Warfare apparently continued from the 6th cent. B.C. until the 4th cent. B.C., when the Volscians were conquered and Romanized.
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With the exception, centuries before, of the treason of Coriolanus and his defection to Rome's sworn enemies, the Volscians, Rome had always managed to solve her internal disputes without resort to violence or betrayal.
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In the early centuries of the republic, however, many of Rome's conflicts were provoked by jealous neighbors like the Volscians and the Aequans.
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