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Marsi
9th - 1st Century BC
Located in Central Italy, to the east of
Latium and south of
Etruria, the Marsi were a warlike
people who lived in the region of Lake Fucino. The chief divinity of the
Marsi was the goddess Angitia. |
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c.800 - c.580 BC |
The Marsi
are subjects of the Etruscans. |
c.580 - 325 BC |
The
Marsi are subjects of the Samnites. |
325 BC |
The
Marsi ally themselves with the Romans. |
309 BC |
The
Marsi revolt against Roman control and return to the
Samnites. |
304 - 90 BC |
Roman influence is reaccepted. |
90 - 89 BC |
The Marsi and
Etruscans fight the Social War against Rome. |
90 - 89 BC |
Quintius Poppaedius Silo |
Led the Marsi in the Social War. |
89 BC |
The
Romans take direct control
of the Marsi region. Its people are granted Roman citizenship soon afterwards.
They retain their identity well into the Roman period of empire. |
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AD 570 - 776 |
The
Lombards incur into Northern
Italy and the Marsi's region becomes a county subject to the duchy of
Spoleto. |
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