Hernici
The Hernici were an Italic tribe of ancient Italy, whose territory was in Latium between the Fucine Lake and the Sacco River (Trerus), bounded by the Volsci on the south, and by the Aequi and the Marsi on the north.
For many years of the early
In 495 BC Livy records that they entered into a treaty with the Volsci against ancient Rome.[1][2]
They long maintained their independence, and in 486 BC were still strong enough to conclude an equal treaty with the Latins.[3][4]
In 475 BC they
In 464 BC they warned Rome of the betrayal of Ecetra, and fought alongside Rome against the Aequi who were allied with the Ecetrans.[7]
They broke away from Rome in 362[8] and in 306,[9] when their chief town Anagnia was taken and reduced to a praefectura, but Ferentinum, Aletrium and Verulae were rewarded for their fidelity by being allowed to remain free municipia, a position which at that date they preferred to the civitas.[3]
The name of the Hernici, like that of the Volsci, is missing from the list of Italian peoples whom
Language
Hernican | |
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Region | Italy |
Extinct | yes |
Indo-European
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xhr |
xhr | |
Glottolog | hemi1234 |
A couple of inscriptions show that the Hernican language was a member of the
Gentes of Hernician origin
- Cispia (gens)
- Hirtia gens
- Fabricia gens
See also
- Hernici Mounts
References
- Ab urbe condita, 2.22
- ^ Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1845). Niebuhr's History of Rome. D.A. Talboys. pp. 180–.
- ^ a b c d public domain: Conway, Robert Seymour (1911). "Hernici". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 374. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus viii. 64 and 68
- ^ Livy, ii. 53.
- ^ Livy, ii. 64.
- ^ Livy, iii.4-5.
- ^ Livy vii.6 if.
- ^ Livy ix.42
- ^ ii. 24
- ^ C.I.L. x. 5837-5840