Volsci

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ancient Italic tribe ancient people

The Volsci were an ancient Italic tribe of central Italy, known primarily for their frequent conflicts with the early Roman Republic during the 5th and 4th centuries BCE.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Aequi 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Italic tribe ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
activeInPeriod 4th century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ
alliedWith Aequians ⓘ
surface form: Aequi

Samnites ⓘ
capital Antium ⓘ
conflictWith Roman Republic ⓘ
Romans ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
culture Italic culture ⓘ
defeatedBy Roman Republic ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Italic peoples ⓘ
event Roman–Volscian wars ⓘ
geographicalFeature Lepini Mountains ⓘ
Liri Valley ⓘ
surface form: Liris River valley

Pontine Marshes ⓘ
integratedInto Roman state ⓘ
knownFor conflicts with early Roman Republic ⓘ
wars with Rome ⓘ
language Volscian language ⓘ
languageFamily Italic languages ⓘ
languageStatus extinct language ⓘ
locatedIn Latium ⓘ
central Italy ⓘ
majorSettlement Antium ⓘ
Anxur ⓘ
Fundi ⓘ
Priverno ⓘ
surface form: Privernum

Satricum ⓘ
Velitrae ⓘ
mentionedBy Dionysius of Halicarnassus ⓘ
Livy ⓘ
Pliny the Elder ⓘ
militaryActivity raids into Roman territory ⓘ
modernCountry Italy ⓘ
opposedBy Latin League ⓘ
partOf ancient Italic peoples ⓘ
politicalOrganization tribal society ⓘ
regionBordered Aequians ⓘ
Aurunci ⓘ
Hernici ⓘ
Latins ⓘ
religion ancient Italic religion ⓘ
subjugatedBy Roman Republic ⓘ
timeOfSubjugation 4th century BCE ⓘ
writingSystem Old Italic script ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Aequi
Aurunci → neighboringPeople → Volsci ⓘ
Latins → neighboringPeople → Volsci ⓘ
Latins → neighboringPeople → Volsci ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aequi
Antium → preRomanPeople → Volsci ⓘ
Antium → wasCapitalOf → Volsci ⓘ