Volsci

Volscian settlements (in red)

The Volsci (UK: /ˈvɒlskiː/, US: /ˈvɔːl-, ˈvɒlsaɪ, -siː/,[1][2][3] Latin: [ˈwɔɫskiː]) were an Italic tribe, well known in the history of the first century of the Roman Republic. At the time they inhabited the partly hilly, partly marshy district of the south of Latium, bounded by the Aurunci and Samnites on the south, the Hernici on the east, and stretching roughly from Norba and Cora in the north to Antium in the south.[4] Rivals of Rome for several hundred years, their territories were taken over by and assimilated into the growing republic by 304 BC.[5][6] Rome's first emperor Augustus was of Volscian descent.

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  3. ^ "Volsci". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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