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| ancient roman allies | |
| cities of etruria | |
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| roman sites of umbria | |
| perugia | |
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It seems the city was in the Antonii's clientela, since this period, as it was said by historians during imperial times. In 216 and 205 it assisted Rome in the Hannibalic War , but afterwards it is not mentioned until 41-40 BC, when Lucius Antonius took refuge there, and was reduced by Octavian after a long siege. Some of refugees ran away towards Gauls to escape Octavian. A local history said there were founders of Perouges en Dauphine Province (France). A number of lead bullets used by slingers have been found in and around the city (CIL xi. 1212). The city was burnt, we are told, with the exception of the temples of Vulcan and Juno — the massive Etruscan terrace-walls, naturally, can hardly have suffered at all — and the town, with the territory for a mile round, was allowed to be occupied by whoever chose. It must have been rebuilt almost at once, for several bases exist, inscribed ''Augusta sacr(um) Perusia restituta''; but, as we have seen, it did not become a colony until AD 251-253. |
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