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Veii was powerful, and its geographical position extremely strong. For it was
situated on a steep, sheer plateau, and surrounded on three sides by a moat of
running water, including, beneath the eastern end of the citadel, the River
Cremera ...
Veii was powerful, and its geographical position extremely strong. For it was
situated on a steep, sheer plateau, and surrounded on three sides by a moat of
running water, including, beneath the eastern end of the citadel, the River
Cremera ...
Pagina 42
So Fidenae was a highly strategic post, which neither Veii nor Rome was willing
to allow the other to possess; and it apparently changed hands more than once,
first in earlier times and then in the first part of the fifth century bc. In about 444 ...
So Fidenae was a highly strategic post, which neither Veii nor Rome was willing
to allow the other to possess; and it apparently changed hands more than once,
first in earlier times and then in the first part of the fifth century bc. In about 444 ...
Pagina 363
475-450 bc. fidenae: the tradition of a very early (regal) Latin colony here is
uncertain. veii: Rome had arranged for a flag to be flown on the Janiculum hill in
case of attack. Veii had a tunnel piercing a ridge leading to the Tiber valley 17
miles ...
475-450 bc. fidenae: the tradition of a very early (regal) Latin colony here is
uncertain. veii: Rome had arranged for a flag to be flown on the Janiculum hill in
case of attack. Veii had a tunnel piercing a ridge leading to the Tiber valley 17
miles ...
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Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | History of Rome |
| Autore | Michael Grant |
| Edizione | illustrata |
| Editore | Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1978 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | la University of Michigan |
| Digitalizzato | 26 giu 2008 |
| Lunghezza | 431 pagine |
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