Roman cities in Italy and Dalmatia . Falleri, Porta di Giove, Principal Gate of Falerii Plate xxv^ii THE NE^ YORKPUBLIC l/EARY ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUND/vTiONS R L ROMAN CITIES 143 Falerii at the time of the siege by Camillus andenticed them into the lines of the Roman be-siegers. The generosity of Camillus in sendingthe boys back and delivering the schoolmaster,bound, for them to whip back to the city, is saidto have so touched the Faliscans that they volun-tarily accepted the overlordship of Rome. Thiswas in 394 For a century and a half afterthis there seem to have been in the city
Roman cities in Italy and Dalmatia . Falleri, Porta di Giove, Principal Gate of Falerii Plate xxv^ii THE NE^ YORKPUBLIC l/EARY ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUND/vTiONS R L ROMAN CITIES 143 Falerii at the time of the siege by Camillus andenticed them into the lines of the Roman be-siegers. The generosity of Camillus in sendingthe boys back and delivering the schoolmaster,bound, for them to whip back to the city, is saidto have so touched the Faliscans that they volun-tarily accepted the overlordship of Rome. Thiswas in 394 For a century and a half afterthis there seem to have been in the city both pro-Roman and anti-Roman factions which alter-nately guided its policy. It was soon after thisthat Rome took the first aggressive step towardholding Etruscan territory, after annexing thatof Veii, by establishing two strong military colo-nies, one at Sutrium (Sutri) in 383 and a secondat Nepet (Nepi) in 373, both on the southernborder of the territory of Falerii. They playedquite a part in subsequent wars. At present theirsites
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