Roman cities in Italy and Dalmatia . access,took it; the guards being killed, the rest, panic-stricken, surrendered. After demolishing boththe citadel and the city of Artena, the legionswere led back from the Volscian territory; andthe whole Roman power was turned against the traitor, besides his freedom, the propertyof two families was given as a reward. His namewas Servius Romanus. This is the fullest description I have seen ofsuch a capture of a cyclopean city, and it helpsto solve more than one puzzle. The so-calleddestruction could have been only partial, ofcourse, and is an examp
Roman cities in Italy and Dalmatia . access,took it; the guards being killed, the rest, panic-stricken, surrendered. After demolishing boththe citadel and the city of Artena, the legionswere led back from the Volscian territory; andthe whole Roman power was turned against the traitor, besides his freedom, the propertyof two families was given as a reward. His namewas Servius Romanus. This is the fullest description I have seen ofsuch a capture of a cyclopean city, and it helpsto solve more than one puzzle. The so-calleddestruction could have been only partial, ofcourse, and is an example of what probably hap-pened at Ferentinum. In fact, the site of thedestroyed Artena, as well as of Ecetra, seemsto have been identified. Then again, it illus-trates how important the citadel was in thosecities, after the capture of the town. And finallyv/e can explain from the extant ruins of theHernican and Latin cities, the way in which thecitadel of Artena was betrayed to the were admitted through a place difficult. Ferentino, Cit} Gate, fourth century, B. C. M ^^^; • * III, §>?
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