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    The Apollo of Veii is a life-size painted terracotta Etruscan statue of Aplu (Apollo), designed to be placed at the highest part of a temple. The statue...
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    Veii (also Veius; Italian: Veio) was an important ancient Etruscan city situated on the southern limits of Etruria and 16 km (9.9 mi) north-northwest of...
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  • 42.02389°N 12.40139°E / 42.02389; 12.40139 The battle of Veii, also known as the siege of Veii, involved ancient Rome, and is approximately dated at 396...
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    Etruscan art (category Art by period of creation)
    statuette. Bronze. Chiusi, 550–530 BC Apollo of Veii, c. 550–520 BC Detail of the Louvre Sarcophagus of the Spouses Chimera of Arezzo, bronze, c. 400 BC Tarquínia...
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    of sculptures along the central ridge of the roof, going beyond the acroterion group above a pediment in Greek and Roman temples. The Apollo of Veii was...
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    the last king was appointed, at Veii, the other Etruscan cities were alienated, permitting the Romans to destroy Veii. It is presumed that Etruscan kings...
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  • Śuri (redirect from Apollo Soranus)
    His most famous representation, known as the Apollo of Veii, is a painted terracotta statue from Veii, Latium, attributed to Vulca. In the Etruscan iconography...
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    Portonaccio (category Veii)
    of Turms, Hercle, Apollo (the Apollo of Veii) and Leto on the roof, which has come to be regarded as a temple of Apollo. Next to the temple of Apollo...
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  • Vulca (category Year of birth unknown)
    statue of Jupiter that was inside the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill, and possibly the Apollo of Veii. His statue of Jupiter...
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    The Etruscan alphabet was used by the Etruscans, an ancient civilization of central and northern Italy, to write their language, from about 700 BC to sometime...
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    abandoned Ardea and sought support from his allies in Etruria. The cities of Veii and Tarquinii sent contingents to join the king's army, and he prepared...
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    Lars Porsena (category History of Tuscany)
    Porsena also restored to the Romans their hostages, and also the lands of Veii that had been taken from Rome by treaty. Livy records that, by these matters...
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    Etruria (category Geographical, historical and cultural regions of Italy)
    (Volscian Anxur) (Tarracina, Terracina) Tarchnal (Tarquinii, Tarquinia) Veii (Veii, Veio) Vetluna (Vetulonium, Vetulonia) Vipsul (Faesulae, Fiesole) Velch...
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  • Veientes returned to Veii with their booty. Romulus and the Roman army followed and met the Veientes in battle outside the walls of Veii. The Romans were...
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    altar of Apollo Acritas was at Lacedaemon. In addition, above a sanctuary surnamed Gasepton of Earth in Lacedaemon was set up the Maleatian Apollo. Veii (Etruria):...
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    became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Vulca makes Apollo of Veii, from Portonaccio Temple, now kept at Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia...
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    Central America, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela). c. 500 BC—Vulca completes Apollo of Veii, from Portonaccio Temple. It is now kept at Museo Nazionale di Villa...
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    Originally a settlement of Etruscans, it was at the frontier of Roman territory and occasionally changed hands between Rome and Veii. In the 8th century BC...
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    Civita di Bagnoregio (category Frazioni of the Province of Viterbo)
    outlying village of the comune of Bagnoregio in the Province of Viterbo in central Italy. It lies 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) east of the town of Bagnoregio and...
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    religion of ancient Rome, a haruspex was a person trained to practise a form of divination called haruspicy, the inspection of the entrails of sacrificed...
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    Sarcophagus of the Spouses), reclining as if they were at a dinner party. Other objects held are: The Etruscan-Phoenician Pyrgi Tablets The Apollo of Veii The...
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    stone even for larger statues, such as the near life-size Apollo of Veii and the Sarcophagus of the Spouses. Campana reliefs are Ancient Roman terracotta...
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    406 BC: Siege of Veii by Rome 396 BC: Destruction of Veii by Rome from 396 BC: Invasion of the Celts into the Po Valley 384 BC: Plunder of Pyrgi (Santa...
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    failed, by force of arms. He convinced the cities of Tarchuna and Veii to support him and led their armies against Rome in the Battle of Silva Arsia. Although...
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  • excavations of Veii by the British School at Rome, which found pieces of Greek pottery indicating that contacts between the Etruscan city of Veii and the...
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  • early years of the Republic. Their nomen is derived from the Etruscan praenomen Lars. Titus' brother, Spurius Larcius, was one of the heroes of the Republic...
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    religion comprises a set of stories, beliefs, and religious practices of the Etruscan civilization, heavily influenced by the mythology of ancient Greece, and...
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    Apulu (category Epithets of Apollo)
    representation is the Apollo of Veii, attributed to Vulcas. He does not appear on the Liver of Piacenza. The national divinity of the Greeks, Apollo has been recognized...
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    Servius was a popular king, and one of Rome's most significant benefactors. He had military successes against Veii and the Etruscans, and expanded the...
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    26 bronze helmets (23 of which are preserved) dating to c. 450 BC–350 BC, found in 1812 in a cache in Ženjak, near Negau, Duchy of Styria (now Negova, Slovenia)...
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