Volscians


Volscians

(vŏl`shəns) or

Volsci

(vŏl`sī), people of ancient Italy. They occupied the country SE of the Alban Hills. They were early opponents of the Romans and Latins. The story of CoriolanusCoriolanus
(Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus) , Roman patrician. He is said to have derived his name from the capture of the Volscian city Corioli. According to legend he was expelled from Rome because he demanded the abolition of the people's tribunate in return for distributing state
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, a Roman who led the Volscians against Rome, only to turn back at the last minute and be put to death by the Volscians, is probably more legend than truth. Warfare apparently continued from the 6th cent. B.C. until the 4th cent. B.C., when the Volscians were conquered and Romanized.

Volscians

 

one of the ancient tribes of central Italy, probably related to the Umbrians. In the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. they carried on a stubborn battle against Rome; in 338 B.C. they were subdued by the Romans.