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Ecetra was a town of the ancient Volsci tribe of central Italy.[1][2] Its location is no longer known.
It is mentioned by Livy in 495 BC in the context of the failed Volscian invasion of Rome. Livy says that after the Roman victory, the ambassadors of Ecetra asked the Roman senate for peace, who agreed on the basis that the Ecetran lands were ceded to Rome.[3]
In 464 BC the Ecetrans allied with the Aequi and revolted against Rome. The Hernici warned Rome of the betrayal, and the Romans were ultimately victorious.
- ^ Massimiliano Mancini (23 March 2014). I volsci e il loro territorio. Massimiliano Mancini. pp. 70–. ISBN 978-88-98121-09-0.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Purcell, N.; R. Talbert; S. Gillies; T. Elliott; J. Becker (7 August 2021). "Places: 438730 (Ecetra)". Pleiades. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
- ^ Livy, Ab urbe condita, 2.25 http://latin.packhum.org/loc/914/1/85/1171-1177