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Name: Confederation of the Umbrian City-States

Type: Polity

Start: 799 BC

End: 295 BC

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Around X-IX century BC the Umbrians created a federation of city-states.

Establishment


  • January 799 BC: Around X-IX century BC the Umbrians began to aggregate in cities. These were city-states federated among themselves.
  • Chronology


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    1. Roman-Etruscan Wars


    Were a series of wars fought between ancient Rome (in both the regal and the republican periods) and the Etruscans. The conquest of Etruria was completed in 265-264 BC.

  • January 294 BC: After the battle of Sentino in 295 BC, in which the Roman army defeated the Gallo-Etruscan-Italic league, the Umbrian people were peacefully subjected to the victors, who rewarded their substantial neutrality in the previous war allowing the Umbrians to maintain the customs and of religion and began to colonize the territory.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 749 BC: Twelve Etruscan city-states, according to tradition, formed a powerful economic, religious and military alliance in Etruria: the "Etruscan League".

  • January 298 BC: Starting from the end of the 4th century, the Umbrians came into contact with the Romans. A few years later, the city of Nequinum was also occupied, where the first colony of Latin law was founded: Narnia Nahars (present-day Narni), in 299 BC.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 294 BC: After the battle of Sentino in 295 BC, in which the Roman army defeated the Gallo-Etruscan-Italic league, the Umbrian people were peacefully subjected to the victors, who rewarded their substantial neutrality in the previous war allowing the Umbrians to maintain the customs and of religion and began to colonize the territory.
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