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	Clusium - LoveToKnow 1911
		It first appears in Roman history at the end of the 7th century B.C. when it joined the other Etruscan towns against Tarquinius Priscus, and at the end of the 6th century B.C. it placed itself, under its king Lars Porsena, at the head of the attempt to re-establish the Tarquins in Rome.
		A conception of the size of the whole necropolis may be gathered from the fact that nearly three thousand Etruscan inscriptions have come to light from Clusium and its district alone, while the part of Etruria north of it as far as the Arno has produced barely five hundred.
		Two Christian catacombs have been found near Clusium, one in the hill of S. Caterina near the railway station, the inscriptions of which seem to go back to the 3rd century, another 1 m.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Clusium (739 words)

	Archaeology Wordsmith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Clusium enjoyed good agricultural fertility deposits of iron and copper ore, natural hot springs, and a key position on trade routes.
		At the end of the 6th century BC, Clusium's king, Lars Porsena, attacked Rome and may even have captured the city in an attempt to restore the power of the Tarquins there.
		There is evidence for persistence of the cremation rite, seen in the wide variety of cinerary urns, canopic jars, and the characteristic hollow seated figures made from pietra fetida limestone.
	www.reference-wordsmith.com /cgi-bin/lookup.cgi?category=&where=headword&terms=Clusium (225 words)

	Clevsin(Chiusi) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Clusium was founded in the 8th century BC on the site of an older Umbrian town known as Camars.
		According to legend the town of Clusium was built by Clusius, the son of Tyrrhenus, one of the legendary Lydian founders of Etruria.
		Clusium is most famous as the birth place of Lars Porsenna, the king of Clusium, who, at the end of the 6th century BCE, besieged and occupied Rome for a short time.
	www.mysteriousetruscans.com /clevsin.html (379 words)

	CLUSIUM (mod. Chiusi, ... - Online Information article about CLUSIUM (mod. Chiusi, ...
		Clusium was on friendly terms with Rome; indeed, it was the See also:
		period at which Clusium came under Roman supremacy is, however, uncertain, though this must have happened before 225 B.C., when the Gauls advanced as far as Clusium.
		Christian catacombs have been found near Clusium, one in the hill of S.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CLI_COM/CLUSIUM_mod_Chiusi_qv_.html (1536 words)

	Livius Picture Archive: Clusium (Chiusi)
		Photos can be downloaded and used for non-commercial purposes, but you have to acknowledge Livius.
		Clusium was one of the cities of the ancient Etruscan dodecapolis, sometimes called Camars ("by bogs surrounded") or Clevsins.
		The site of the ancient city is now occupied by modern Chiusi, but on many places, ancient tombs can still be seen.
	www.livius.org /a/italy/clusium/clusium.html (178 words)

	News \| TimesDaily.com \| TimesDaily \| Florence, AL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		For example, the ancient sources describe the tomb of Lars Porsena at Clusium as well as the sacking and levelling of the city by Sulla.
		Clusium was one of the Etruscan cities said by Virgil to have assisted Aeneas in his efforts.
		Imported and imitated Corinthian pottery of all phases are represented at Clusium.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Clusium (1404 words)

	Gallic Sack of Rome
		One such tribe, the Senones, was under the command of a Brennus, who led his Celts to the Etruscan city of Clusium about 100 miles north of Rome.
		Whether Clusium was the target, or it simply stood in the path on the way to the more powerful city of Rome, is unclear.
		It is clear, however, that the Celts did approach and lay siege to Clusium and that the Etruscans there likely set aside any differences and called to Rome for help.
	www.unrv.com /empire/gallic-sack-of-rome.php (1043 words)

	Roman Battles
		Clusium was an Etruscan city that was being pressured by a tribe of northmen to cede territory.
		When the barbarians, called Gauls, said that if the territory that was unused by Clusium was not ceded to them, they would fight for it.
		The Romans were recognised by the Gauls and when they saw them killing their own tribesmen in battle, the Gauls were filled with understandable rage.
	www.geocities.com /caesarkevin/battles/Romanbattles1.html (1175 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Features (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Chiusi was clearly once an Etruscan city, but the evidence that it was actually Clusium boils down to the fact that the two names mean the same thing ("closed").
		Centauro prefers his evidence to be wrought in stone, and he thinks the most persuasive pile of masonry around is actually on a mountainside near Flowrence.
		In 89BC Cornelius Sulla, a Roman general, sacked Clusium and razed it to the ground.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/11/23/fea05.html (922 words)

	Etruscan League (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He ruled over the city of Clusium.There are no established dates for his reign, but Roman sources often place it at around 500 BC.
		Lars Porsena's tomb, together with the rest of the city of Clusium, was razed to the ground in 89 BC by Cornelius Sulla.
		In the early 6th century BC Clusium entered into an alliance with Arretium (Arezzo) and other Etruscan towns against Tarquinius Priscus of Rome.
	dba.spearhead1944.com /Etruscans/webpage/etruscan.htm (439 words)

	Tomb of Lars Porsena at AllExperts
		The tomb of the Etruscan king Lars Porsena, built around 500 BCE at Clusium (modern Chiusi), Italy, was described as follows by the Roman writer Marcus Varro (116 BCE-27 BCE):
		Each side was three hundred feet in length and fifty in height, and beneath the base there was an inextricable labyrinth, into which, if any-body entered without a clue of thread, he could never discover his way out.
		This extraordinary structure, standing some 750 feet high, was supposedly destroyed along with Clusium itself in 89 BCE by the Roman general Cornelius Sulla.
	en.allexperts.com /e/t/to/tomb_of_lars_porsena.htm (385 words)

	Chiusi, Italy
		Chiusi is believed to have originally been an Umbrian settlement, but in the sixth century B.C., under the name of Chamars, it became a considerable Etruscan city, a member of the Etruscan league of twelve cities and equal in status to such major centers as Tarquinia, Populonia and Vetulonia.
		A King of Chiusi named Porsenna (Macaulay's "Lars Porsena of Clusium"), in alliance with Tarquinius Superbus, was strong enough to attack even Rome, which made efforts to shake off Etruscan dominance.
		In the fifth century A.D. it became the see of a bishop, and after being held by the Goths and the Lombards it passed into the hands of Orvieto, Siena and finally Florence during the later Middle Ages.
	www.planetware.com /italy/chiusi-i-to-mnc.htm (194 words)

	Chapter Horatius at The Bridge of Horatius at The Bridge by Livy
		There, with advice and entreaties, they besought him not to suffer them, who were descended from the Etrurians and of the same blood and name, to live in exile and poverty; and advised him not to let this practice of expelling kings to pass unpunished.
		Porsena, thinking it would be an honor to the Tuscans that there should be a king at Rome, especially one of the Etrurian nation, marched towards Rome with an army.
		Never before had such terror seized the Senate, so powerful was the state of Clusium at the time, and so great the renown of Porsena.
	www.bibliomania.com /0/5/194/560/8475/1.html (568 words)

	MANLIUS,GAULS
		Livy devotes a great deal of space in Book V to the Gallic invasion; the version presented here, although lengthy, is but a small part of the original.
		Later on the Gauls demanded from the Roman Senate that, in compensation for such a violation of international law, the Roman ambassadors should be handed over.
		For when the tribunes were urging the plebeians to move to Veii, leaving the ruins of Rome behind, Camillus in a fierce speech persuaded the citizens to restore Rome.
	www.siprep.org /faculty/mmccarty/MANLIUSGAULS.htm (930 words)

	The Baldwin Project: Stories from Ancient Rome by Alfred J. Church
		The Etrurian cities had been more or less occupied with defending themselves against their enemies on the north, and had been content to leave their neighbours on the south alone.
		The Romans did not think fit to send troops—it would have been a serious matter to levy an army [35] for what may be called foreign service—but sent an embassy which was to represent to the Gauls that Clusium was a friendly city and must be left alone.
		It was with Rome, not with Clusium, that they had thenceforward to deal.
	www.mainlesson.com /display.php?author=church&book=rome&story=disaster (1644 words)

	The lost tomb of Porsenna - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
		One of the deepest mysteries concerning the etruscan civilization concerns the location of the now lost tomb of Porsenna, the fabled king of Clusium, who, in the Vth century BC, conquered and briefly occupied Rome.
		According to Pliny the elder, the king was buried "sub urbe Clusio", under the city of Clusium, in an underground maze of tunnels and passageways.
		Amongst the many treasures which accompanied the deceased king in his ethernal rest, was, according to tradition, a gold chariot, upon which the coffin was placed, together with a still more valuable treasure, the sacred "Libri Fulgurales", dealing with magick and the art of evoking storms and lightening.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=48440 (699 words)

	clusium - OneLook Dictionary Search
		We found 6 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word clusium:
		Clusium : Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition [home, info]
		CLUSIUM : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=clusium (86 words)

	Clusium, or possibly not (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Porsena's tomb has been sought for centuries in the rubble under the Tuscan city of Chiusi, which is believed by most authorities to stand on the site of Porsena's capital, Clusium.
		There are conflicting accounts of whether Porsena succeeded in capturing and ruling Rome, or was forced to make peace with the revolutionaries.
		Either way, most of those accounts agree that he was eventually buried in a fabulous tomb near his home city of Camars, or Clusium as the Romans called it.
	www.mirabilis.ca /archives/002294.html (204 words)

	Roman Archaeology
		Chiusi was clearly once an Etruscan city, but the evidence that it was actually Clusium boils down to the fact that the two names mean the same thing (?closed?).
		Dr Centauro prefers his evidence to be wrought in stone, and he thinks the most persuasive pile of masonry around is actually on a mountainside near Florence.
		In 89BC Cornelius Sulla, a Roman general, sacked Clusium and razed it to the ground.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~mharrsch/2004_11_01_romanarch_archive.html (1269 words)

	[minstrels] Horatius -- Thomas Babbington Macaulay
		VI Tall are the oaks whose acorns Drop in dark Auser's rill; Fat are the stags that champ the boughs Of the Ciminian hill; Beyond all streams Clitumnus Is to the herdsman dear; Best of all pools the fowler loves The great Volsinian mere.
		XXII And plainly and more plainly, Above that glimmering line, Now might ye see the banners Of twelve fair cities shine; But the banner of proud Clusium Was highest of them all, The terror of the Umbrian, The terror of the Gaul.
		There Cilnius of Arretium On his fleet roan was seen; And Astur of the four-fold shield, Girt with the brand none else may wield, Tolumnius with the belt of gold, And dark Verbenna from the hold By reedy Thrasymene.
	www.cs.rice.edu /~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/489.html (3670 words)

	Rome Fights For Survival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Superbus was not disheartened by his second set-back in regaining his throne.
		He now went to the most powerful city of the Etruscans, Clusium.
		The king of Clusium, Lars Porsena, was convinced by Superbus to now attack Rome with his great army.
	dante.udallas.edu /hutchison/Republic/fight_for_survival.htm (1060 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This type of ornate container was produced predominantly at Chiusi and belongs to a class of Etruscan pottery of the fourth and third centuries BC which includes vases in the shape of human heads as well as more conventional pottery-shapes.
		The group is known as the Clusium Group - Clusium is the Roman name for Chiusi.
		With their elaborate form and sometimes additional decoration in gold, these objects were clearly made for a wealthy clientele.
	www.british-museum.ac.uk /compass/ixbin/print?OBJ3316 (195 words)

	Giants in Western Europe
		Instead they voted to send three envoys to Clusium to mediate the dispute between the native Etruscans and the invading Celts.
		According to Livy, when the Roman deputation arrived at Clusium to help resolve the conflict, the Celts informed them that "this was indeed the first time they had heard of them, but they assumed the Romans must be courageous people because it was to them that the Clusians had turned in their hour of need.
		And since the Romans had tried to help with an embassy and not with arms, they themselves would not reject the offer of peace, provided the Clusians ceded part of their superfluous agricultural land; that was what they, the Celts, wanted....
	www.stevequayle.com /Giants/W.Europe/W.Europe10.html (2084 words)

	RPO -- Thomas Babington Macaulay : Horatius
		There they mingled advice and entreaty, now imploring him not to permit them, Etruseans by birth and of the same blood and the same name as himself, to suffer the privations of exile, and again even warning him not to allow the growing custom of expelling kings to go unpunished.
		Porsinna, believing that it was not only a safe thing for the Etruscans that there should be a king at Rome, but an Honour to have that king of Etruscan stock, invaded Roman territory with a hostile army.
		And they feared not only the enemy but their own citizens, lest the plebs should be terror-stricken and, admitting the princes into the City, should even submit to enslavement, for the sake of peace.
	rpo.library.utoronto.ca /poem/1359.html (2182 words)

	How Horatius Held The Bridge Page 1
		ADAPTED BY ALFRED J. King Tarquin [1] and his son Lucius (for he only remained to him of the three) fled to Lars Porsenna, King of Clusium, and besought him that he would help them.
		And take heed also to thyself and thine own kingdom if thou permit this new fashion of driving forth kings to go unpunished.
		But when men heard of his coming, so mighty a city was Clusium in those days, and so great the fame of King Porsenna, there was such fear as had never been before.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/YoungFolks/Myths/YoungFolks_MythsC35P1.htm (431 words)

	Giants in Western Europe
		Instead they voted to send three envoys to Clusium to mediate the dispute between the native Etruscans and the invading Celts.
		According to Livy, when the Roman deputation arrived at Clusium to help resolve the conflict, the Celts informed them that "this was indeed the first time they had heard of them, but they assumed the Romans must be courageous people because it was to them that the Clusians had turned in their hour of need.
		And since the Romans had tried to help with an embassy and not with arms, they themselves would not reject the offer of peace, provided the Clusians ceded part of their superfluous agricultural land; that was what they, the Celts, wanted....
	www.bibliotecapleyades.net /gigantes/WEurope10.html (2013 words)

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