Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME I
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I VEII.—THE CITY
- CHAPTER II VEII.—THE CEMETERY
- CHAPTER III CASTEL GIUBILEO.—FIDENÆ
- CHAPTER IV SUTRI.—SUTRIUM
- CHAPTER V NEPI.—NEPETE
- CHAPTER VI CIVITA CASTELLANA.—FALERII (VETERES.)
- CHAPTER VII FALLERI.—FALERII (NOVI)
- CHAPTER VIII FESCENNIUM
- CHAPTER IX ORTE—HORTA
- CHAPTER X FERONIA AND CAPENA
- CHAPTER XI MONTE CIMINO—MONS CIMINUS
- CHAPTER XII VITERBO.—SURRINA
- CHAPTER XIII FERENTO.—FERENTINUM
- CHAPTER XIV BOMARZO
- CHAPTER XV CASTEL D' ASSO.—CASTELLUM AXIA
- CHAPTER XVI NORCHIA.—OROLE?
- CHAPTER XVII BIEDA.—BLERA
- CHAPTER XVIII CORNETO. TARQUINII—THE CEMETERY
- CHAPTER XIX TARQUINII—THE CITY
- CHAPTER XX GRAVISCÆ
- CHAPTER XXI VULCI
- CHAPTER XXII MUSIGNANO
- CHAPTER XXIII TOSCANELLA.—TUSCANIA
- CHAPTER XXIV STATONIA
- CHAPTER XXV PITIGLIANO AND SORANO
- CHAPTER XXVI SOVANA.—SUANA
- CHAPTER XXVII BOLSENA—VOLSINII
- CHAPTER XXVIII MONTE FIASCONE—FANUM VOLTUMNÆ?
- CHAPTER XXIX ORVIETO
- Titles in the series
- Plate section
CHAPTER III - CASTEL GIUBILEO.—FIDENÆ
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME I
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I VEII.—THE CITY
- CHAPTER II VEII.—THE CEMETERY
- CHAPTER III CASTEL GIUBILEO.—FIDENÆ
- CHAPTER IV SUTRI.—SUTRIUM
- CHAPTER V NEPI.—NEPETE
- CHAPTER VI CIVITA CASTELLANA.—FALERII (VETERES.)
- CHAPTER VII FALLERI.—FALERII (NOVI)
- CHAPTER VIII FESCENNIUM
- CHAPTER IX ORTE—HORTA
- CHAPTER X FERONIA AND CAPENA
- CHAPTER XI MONTE CIMINO—MONS CIMINUS
- CHAPTER XII VITERBO.—SURRINA
- CHAPTER XIII FERENTO.—FERENTINUM
- CHAPTER XIV BOMARZO
- CHAPTER XV CASTEL D' ASSO.—CASTELLUM AXIA
- CHAPTER XVI NORCHIA.—OROLE?
- CHAPTER XVII BIEDA.—BLERA
- CHAPTER XVIII CORNETO. TARQUINII—THE CEMETERY
- CHAPTER XIX TARQUINII—THE CITY
- CHAPTER XX GRAVISCÆ
- CHAPTER XXI VULCI
- CHAPTER XXII MUSIGNANO
- CHAPTER XXIII TOSCANELLA.—TUSCANIA
- CHAPTER XXIV STATONIA
- CHAPTER XXV PITIGLIANO AND SORANO
- CHAPTER XXVI SOVANA.—SUANA
- CHAPTER XXVII BOLSENA—VOLSINII
- CHAPTER XXVIII MONTE FIASCONE—FANUM VOLTUMNÆ?
- CHAPTER XXIX ORVIETO
- Titles in the series
- Plate section
Summary
.… tot vacuas urbes!
—Lucan.Revolving, as we rest on the green turf,
The changes from that hour when He from Troy
Went up the Tiber.
Rogers.If from Veii the traveller follow the course of the Crémera for five or six miles, it will lead him to the Tiber, of which it is a tributary. In the cliffs of the lonely but beautiful ravine through which it flows he will observe in several places sepulchral caves, particularly at the end nearer Veii; and on reaching the mouth of the glen, he will have, on the right, the ruin-capt heights which are supposed by Nibby and Gell to have been the site of the Castle of the Fabii.
Exactly opposite the mouth of this glen, and on the other bank of the Tiber, rises the hill which was once crowned by the city of Fidenæ. This, though beyond the bounds of Etruria Proper, being on the left bank of the Tiber, was an Etruscan city, and in all probability a colony of Veii; for Livy speaks of the consanguinity of the inhabitants of the two cities. It seems at least to have been dependent on Veii, and was frequently associated with her in opposition to Rome. Its history, indeed, save that on several occasions it fell into the hands of the Romans, is almost identical with that of Veii.
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- The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria , pp. 62 - 75Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1848