Fidenae

Toggle the table of contents Fidenae 23 languages مصرىБеларускаяБългарскиCatalàDeutschΕλληνικάEspañolEuskaraفارسیFrançaisHrvatskiIdoItaliano日本語한국어LatinaNederlandsRomânăРусскийSrpskohrvatski / српскохрватскиСрпски / srpskiSvenskaУкраїнська Edit links ArticleTalk English ReadEditView history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions ReadEditView history General What links hereRelated changesUpload filePermanent linkPage informationCite this pageGet shortened URL Print/export Download as PDFPrintable version In other projects Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}41°58′44″N 12°30′43″E / 41.979°N 12.512°E / 41.979; 12.512 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ancient town of Latium Fidenae (Ancient Greek: Φιδῆναι) was an ancient town of Latium vetus, situated about 8 km north of Rome on the Via Salaria. Its inhabitants were known as Fidenates. As the Tiber was the border between Etruria and Latium, the left-bank settlement of Fidenae represented an extension of Etruscan presence into Latium,[1] or a Latin border town.[2] The site of the arx of the ancient town was probably on the hill on which lies the contemporary Villa Spada, though no traces of early buildings or defences are to be seen; pre-Roman tombs are in the cliffs to the north. The later village lay at the foot of the hill on the eastern edge of the high-road, and its curia, with a dedicatory inscription to Marcus Aurelius by the Senatus Fidenatium, was excavated in 1889. Remains of other buildings may also be seen.[1] Map showing the location of Fidenae. History[edit] Conflicts with the Roman kingdom[edit] Considered an Etruscan,[3] but also a Latin settlement of Alban foundation—archeological findings proved a Latial origin[2]—it was at the frontier of Roman territory and occasionally changed hands between Rome and Veii. In the 8th century BC during the reign of Rome's first king, Romulus, the Fidenates and the Veientes were defeated in a war with Rome, according to legend.[4] It may be that a colony was established there after the defeat as Livy afterwards describes Fidenae as a Roman colony.[5] Fidenae and Veii were defeated by Rome in the mid 7th century BC during the reign of Rome's third king Tullus Hostilius, and again by Rome's fifth king Tarquinius Priscus in the early 6th century BC. Conflicts with the Roman Republic[edit] In the early Roman Republic, Fidenae made a decision that was to cost them much of their land in favor of the new Claudia gens, formed from Sabine defectors. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, last king of Rome, having been expelled from it, at first looked for intervention from the Etruscans. Lars Porsenna of Clusium, dissatisfied with Superbus' conduct and ethics, made peace with the new republic. The Tarquins then subverted Latium. Sextus Tarquinius, whose rape of Lucretia had triggered the overthrow of the monarchy (if he was not assassinated at Gabii), convinced the Sabines to go to war against Rome, arguing that previous treaties had been annulled by the expulsion of the kings. The Tarquins were now interested in Latin intervention. After some minor conflicts in which Rome was victorious, the Sabines took a vote and resolved on an invasion of…

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