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APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VII.
Note I.—The Three Towns op the Falisci.
Nibbt doubts the existence of a third town, and thinks that Faliscum
is merely another name for Falerium, seeing that Falisci was the name
of the people, and Falerii of their city; just as the inhabitants of Rome
were called Quirites, and of Ardea, Rutuli. Cluver also (II., p. 544) is
much of the same opinion. Now, though " Falisci " was undoubtedly
the name of the race, as shown by most writers, particularly by Livy,
and though sometimes employed, in this sense, indifferently with Falerii,
and though Faliscum, Falisca, or Falisci, is often confounded with Falerii
the town, as by Ovid, Pliny, Diodorus, (XIV., p. 310), and perhaps
by Servius; yet Faliscum is mentioned by Strabo (V., p. 226), by Stephanus
(v. &aklo-Kos), and Solinus (II., p. 13), in addition to Falerium. The last-
named author speaks of the three cities in the same passage,—ab Haleso
Argivo Phaliscam ; a Phalerio Argivo Phalerios; Fescennium quoque ab
Argivis. See Miiller's opinion on this passage (Etrusk. IV. 4,3, n. 31).
Strabo also mentions "Falerium and Faliscum" in the same breath ;
and as by the former he must mean the second, or Roman Falerii, seeing
that the original Etruscan city had ceased to exist long before his time,
it is clear that the latter must refer to some other place—probably the
jEquum Faliscum which he indicates as lying on the Flaminian Way
between Ocriculum and Rome. See Note III.
Note II.—Faleeii one op the Twelve.
That Falerii wa"s one of the Twelve Cities of the Etruscan Confedera-
tion, there is every reason to believe. Its position, in a portion of
Etruria which could scarcely belong to Veii, or to Volsinii, the nearest
cities of the League—its size, much superior to any of the known
dependent towns, and second only to Caere and Veii, among the cities south
of the Ciminian—and the importance ascribed to it by ancient writers—
make it highly probable that it was one of the principal cities of
Etruria. Cluver (II., p. 545) thinks the fact may be deduced from the
passage of Livy (IV. 23) already commented on, in connection with Veii,
(ut supra, p. 41). Mfiller thinks Falerii has equal claims to this honour
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VII.
Note I.—The Three Towns op the Falisci.
Nibbt doubts the existence of a third town, and thinks that Faliscum
is merely another name for Falerium, seeing that Falisci was the name
of the people, and Falerii of their city; just as the inhabitants of Rome
were called Quirites, and of Ardea, Rutuli. Cluver also (II., p. 544) is
much of the same opinion. Now, though " Falisci " was undoubtedly
the name of the race, as shown by most writers, particularly by Livy,
and though sometimes employed, in this sense, indifferently with Falerii,
and though Faliscum, Falisca, or Falisci, is often confounded with Falerii
the town, as by Ovid, Pliny, Diodorus, (XIV., p. 310), and perhaps
by Servius; yet Faliscum is mentioned by Strabo (V., p. 226), by Stephanus
(v. &aklo-Kos), and Solinus (II., p. 13), in addition to Falerium. The last-
named author speaks of the three cities in the same passage,—ab Haleso
Argivo Phaliscam ; a Phalerio Argivo Phalerios; Fescennium quoque ab
Argivis. See Miiller's opinion on this passage (Etrusk. IV. 4,3, n. 31).
Strabo also mentions "Falerium and Faliscum" in the same breath ;
and as by the former he must mean the second, or Roman Falerii, seeing
that the original Etruscan city had ceased to exist long before his time,
it is clear that the latter must refer to some other place—probably the
jEquum Faliscum which he indicates as lying on the Flaminian Way
between Ocriculum and Rome. See Note III.
Note II.—Faleeii one op the Twelve.
That Falerii wa"s one of the Twelve Cities of the Etruscan Confedera-
tion, there is every reason to believe. Its position, in a portion of
Etruria which could scarcely belong to Veii, or to Volsinii, the nearest
cities of the League—its size, much superior to any of the known
dependent towns, and second only to Caere and Veii, among the cities south
of the Ciminian—and the importance ascribed to it by ancient writers—
make it highly probable that it was one of the principal cities of
Etruria. Cluver (II., p. 545) thinks the fact may be deduced from the
passage of Livy (IV. 23) already commented on, in connection with Veii,
(ut supra, p. 41). Mfiller thinks Falerii has equal claims to this honour