• Clusium (‹See Tfd›Greek: Κλύσιον, Klýsion, or Κλούσιον, Kloúsion; Umbrian: Camars) was an ancient city in Italy, one of several found at the same site...
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    army of Etruscan King Lars Porsena of Clusium in the late 6th century BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium. By defending the narrow end of the bridge...
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    known for his war against the city of Rome. He ruled over the city of Clusium (Etruscan: Clevsin; modern Chiusi). There are no established dates for...
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    attested in Etruria. Excavations of tombs in the area of the ancient city of Clusium (modern Chiusi, Tuscany) have yielded a number of sheet-bronze masks dating...
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  • following the tyranny of Hippias. A war is fought between Rome and Clusium. Clusium fights a war with Aricia. The office of pontifex maximus is created...
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  • The Second Battle of Clusium took place during Sulla's Second Civil War. Forces under the future triumvir Pompey defeated a 30,000 strong force under...
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    traversed Etruria. The Via Cassia passed through Baccanae, Sutrium, Volsinii, Clusium, Arretium, Florentia, Pistoria, and Luca, joining the Via Aurelia at Luna...
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  • The First Battle of Clusium took place in June of 82 BC during the Roman Republic's Second Civil War. The battle pitted the Optimates under the command...
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    capital.[citation needed] In 391 BC, they invaded Etruria and besieged Clusium. The Clusines appealed to Rome. Quintus Fabius Ambustus and his two brothers...
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    first consul ever to be re-elected. In 508 BC, Lars Porsena, the king of Clusium, attacked Rome at the behest of Tarquin. According to Plutarch, both Poplicola...
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  • war between Clusium and Aricia was a military conflict in central Italy that took place around 508 BC. Lars Porsena was king of Clusium, at that time...
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    Ancient Greek: Klysion, Κλύσιον; Latin: Clusium) is a town and comune in the province of Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Clusium (Clevsin or Camars in Etruscan) was...
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    Sacriportus Sena Gálica Saturnia Glanis River Espolecio 1 Clusium 1 Espolecio 2 Faventia Fidentia Clusium 2 Colline Gate Praeneste Neápolis Utica Norba Caesarina...
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    Adria Aleria Baratti Bologna Caere Ceri Cerveteri Civita di Bagnoregio Clusium Cumae Etruria Falerii Fescennia Fidenae Norchia Orvieto Perusia Poggio...
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    of the Sublician bridge against the army of Lars Porsena, the King of Clusium. The Herminii were a patrician family at Rome during the early years of...
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  • who were initially tasked with defending Rome, to raid Etruria as far as Clusium. This provokes the Etruscans to march to their homeland's defence, taking...
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    play, Coriolanus. However, if Livy's account of the war between Rome and Clusium is accurate, it would seem that the relationship between Rome and the Volsci...
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  • of the Sublician bridge against the army of Lars Porsena, the King of Clusium. The Larcii, whose nomen is also incorrectly spelled Lartius and Largius...
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    dedicated on the ides of September. 508 BC—War between Rome and Clusium 508 BC—War between Clusium and Aricia 508 BC—Office of Pontifex Maximus created in Rome...
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  • Saturnia by way of the Via Clodia while he commanded the other division to Clusium along the Via Cassia. Carbo decided to take on Sulla himself. Their two...
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  • Tarquinii and Veii, next sought the aid of Lars Porsena, king of Clusium in 508 BC. Clusium was at that time a powerful Etruscan city. The Roman senate heard...
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    mythical, famous for his bravery. In 508 BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium, the Clusian king Lars Porsena laid siege to Rome. Gaius Mucius Cordus...
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    Tiber to join it to the rest of the city. During the war between Rome and Clusium in 508 BC, it is said that the forces of Lars Porsena occupied the Janiculum...
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    Superbus in Rome 508 BC: Lars Porsena besieges Rome 508 BC: War between Clusium and Aricia 482 BC: Beginning of the conflict between Veii and Rome 474...
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    Arritim (Arretium, Arezzo) Atria (Adria) Caisra (Caere, Cerveteri) Clevsin (Clusium, Chiusi) Curtun (Cortonium, Cortona) Felathri (Volaterrae, Volterra) Fufluna...
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    the war with Veii and Tarquinii, and finally the war between Rome and Clusium. The attempts to restore the monarchy did not succeed. The first Roman...
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    other. After this failure, Tarquin turned to Lars Porsena, the king of Clusium. Porsena's march on Rome and the valiant defence of the Romans achieved...
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    Servius (ad Aen. x. 167) makes Telemachus the founder of the town of Clusium in Etruria. Telemachus was the subject of numerous operas throughout the...
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    Volsiniensis (modern Lago di Bolsena), and the other on the Via Clodia, between Clusium (Chiusi) and Forum Cassii (Vetralla). The latter was Etruscan and was destroyed...
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  • and Nomentum, before agreeing to peace. In 508 BC, Lars Porsena king of Clusium (at that time reputed to be one of the most powerful cities of Etruria)...
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