Falisci

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Italic people ancient people

The Falisci were an ancient Italic people of central Italy, closely related to the Etruscans and known for their distinctive language and culture centered around the city of Falerii.

Aliases (1)

Falerii ×2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Italic people → ancient people →
archaeologicalCultureSite	Civita Castellana →
archaeologicalDiscoveryCentury	19th century →
archaeologicalEvidence	necropoleis around Falerii Veteres →
burialCustoms	chamber tombs → rock-cut tombs →
capital	Falerii →
conflict	Roman–Faliscan wars →
conqueredBy	Roman Republic →
continent	Europe →
country	Italy →
culturalRelation	Etruscans →
cultureArea	Tyrrhenian Italy →
disappearanceCause	Romanization →
economy	agriculture → craft production → regional trade →
ethnicGroupOf	Falerii →
ethnoLinguisticRelation	Etruscans → Latins →
historicalPeriod	Iron Age → Roman Republican period →
knownFor	Faliscan inscriptions → distinctive painted pottery →
language	Faliscan language →
languageBranch	Latino-Faliscan languages →
languageFamily	Italic languages →
languageStatus	extinct language community →
locatedInAncientRegion	southern Etruria →
locatedNear	Tiber River →
mainCity	Falerii Veteres →
materialCultureRelation	Etruscan material culture → Latin material culture →
modernMunicipalityLocation	Civita Castellana →
neighboringPeople	Etruscans → Latins → Sabines →
pantheonRelation	Etruscan religion → Roman religion →
partOf	ancient Italic peoples →
politicalStatusAfterConquest	Roman allies → municipal communities of Rome →
region	Central Italy →
religion	polytheism →
successorCity	Falerii Novi →
writingSystem	Etruscan alphabet → Old Italic script →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Falisci ("Falerii") →	capital
Falisci ("Falerii") →	ethnicGroupOf
Italic peoples →	includesEthnicGroup