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	The Internet Classics Archive \| Coriolanus by Plutarch
		The war against the Volscians was no sooner at an end, than the popular orators revived domestic troubles, and raised another sedition, without any new cause or complaint or just grievance to proceed upon, but merely turning the very mischiefs that unavoidably ensued from their former contests into a pretext against the patricians.
		He determined, first to make trial of the Volscians, whom he knew to be still vigorous and flourishing, both in men and treasure, and he imagined their force and power was not so much abated as their spite and anger increased by the late overthrows they had received from the Romans.
		But when the whole strength of the Volscians was brought together in the field, with great expedition and alacrity, it appeared so considerable a body, that they agreed to leave part in garrison, for the security of their towns, and with the other part to march against the Romans.
	classics.mit.edu /Plutarch/coriolan.html (5063 words)

	Gaius Coriolanus - LoveToKnow 1911
		The incident of Coriolanus taking refuge with the Volscian king,who, according to Plutarch, was his bitter enemy, curiously resembles the appeal of Themistocles to the Molossian king Admetus.
		It is strange that the Volscians should have entrusted a stranger with the command of their army, and it is possible that the attribution of their successes to a Roman general was intended to gratify the national pride and obliterate the memory of a disastrous war.
		It is suggested that Coriolanus never commanded the Volscian army at all, but that, like Appius Herdonius-the Sabine chieftain who in 460, with a band of fugitives and slaves, obtained possession of the capitol-he appeared at the gates of Rome at the head of a body of exiles (but at a much later date, c.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Gaius_Coriolanus (669 words)

	Coriolanus. Plutarch. 1909-14. Plutarch’s Lives. The Harvard Classics
		The war against the Volscians was no sooner at an end, than the popular orators revived domestic troubles, and raised another sedition, without any new cause of complaint or just grievance to proceed upon, but merely turning the very mischiefs that unavoidably ensued from their former contests into a pretext against the patricians.
		He determined, first to make trial of the Volscians, whom he knew to be still vigorous and flourishing, both in men and treasure, and he imagined their force and power was not so much abated, as their spite and anger increased, by the late overthrows they had received from the Romans.
		But when the whole strength of the Volscians was brought together into the field, with great expedition and alacrity, it appeared so considerable a body, that they agreed to leave part in garrison, for the security of their towns, and with the other part to march against the Romans.
	www.bartleby.com /12/5.html (6265 words)

	Volscians — FactMonster.com
		, a Roman who led the Volscians against Rome, only to turn back at the last minute and be put to death by the Volscians, is probably more legend than truth.
		B.C., when the Volscians were conquered and Romanized.
		Juvenal is so called because he was born at Aquinum, a town of the Volscians.
	www.factmonster.com /id/A0851128 (123 words)

	The History of Rome, Vol. II
		On the one side, the Volscians, their ancient foes, had taken up arms in the determination to wipe out the name of Rome; on the other side, traders were bringing in reports of an assembly at the fane of Voltumna, where the leading men from all the Etruscan cantons were forming a hostile league.
		From his conquest of the Volscians he marched across to the Aequi who were also preparing for war, surprised their army at Bolae, and in the first assault captured not only their camp but their city.
		The Volscian camp was taken and plundered on the same day, and all the booty, with the exception of the prisoners, was bestowed on the soldiers.
	www.brainfly.net /html/books/brn0131b.htm (20588 words)

	Plutarch's Life of Coriolanus
		[12] The war against the Volscians was no sooner at an end, than the popular orators revived domestic troubles, and raised another sedition, without any new cause of complaint or just grievance to proceed upon, but merely turning the very mischiefs that unavoidably ensued from their former contests into a pretext against the patricians.
		He determined, first to make trial of the Volscians, whom he knew to be still vigorous and flourishing, both in men and treasure, and he imagined their force and power was not so much abated, as their spite and auger increased, by the late overthrows they had received from the Romans.
		But it quickly appeared that the action was in nowise approved by the majority of the Volscians, who hurried out of their several cities to show respect to his corpse; to which they gave honorable interment, adorning his sepulchre with arms and trophies, as the monument of a noble hero and a famous general.
	www.bostonleadershipbuilders.com /plutarch/coriolanus.htm (6496 words)

	volscians (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the Volscian territory lay the little town of Velitrae (modern Velletri), the birthplace of Caesar Augustus.
		From this town we have a very interesting though brief inscription dating probably from early in the 3rd century BC; it is cut upon a small bronze plate (now in the Naples Museum), which must have once been fixed to some votive object, dedicated to the god Declunus (or the goddess Decluna).
		Virgil's character of the warrior maiden Camilla in the Aeneid is a Volscian.
	www.fatarcade.com /wiki/?title=Volscians (222 words)

	Livy, book 2, chapters 58-59
		Then they were compelled to fight, in order that the victorious enemy might be dislodged from their rampart; it was, however, quite evident that the Roman soldiers only fought to prevent the capture of the camp; otherwise they rejoiced in their ignominious defeat.
		They said that the soldiers as a body refused to come to the assembly, and demands were heard on all sides for the camp to be removed from the Volscian territory; only a short time before the victorious enemy had all but forced his way into the camp.
		When the army had got clear of the camp and was forming in marching order, the Volscians, aroused, apparently, by the same signal, fell upon the rear.
	www.faculty.fairfield.edu /rosivach/cl116/livy2.58.htm (684 words)

	Discovering Dickens - A Community Reading Project
		He returns to Rome after conquering the Volscians, but find that his unpopularity -- he is scornful of the people -- causes the Romans to banish him.
		He then leads the Volscians against Rome, but relents when his mother, wife, and children are sent to plead with him.
		The Volscians, however -- despite a treaty made in their favor with Rome -- view his retreat as a breach of promise, and kill him.
	dickens.stanford.edu /archive/great/great_issue6gloss.html (521 words)

	9. Coriolanus And Cincinnatus, B.C. 458 Page 1
		Every spring the fighting men went out, attacked their neighbors, drove off their cattle, and tried to take some town; then fought a battle, and went home to reap the harvest, gather the grapes and olives in the autumn, and attend to public business and vote for the magistrates in the winter.
		And so it proved, for when he had broken up his camp and returned to the Volscian territory till the senate should recall him as they proceeded, Tullus, angry and disappointed, stirred up a tumult, and he was killed by the people before he could be sent for to Rome.
		He was the ablest man among the Romans, but stern and grave, and his eldest son Kæso was charged by the tribunes with a murder and fled the country.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/YoungFolks/Rome/YoungFolks_RomeC9P1.htm (1082 words)

	Titus Livius: The History of Rome, Book 2
		The Volscians had collected a force which they were intending to send to the aid of the Latins had not the Dictator forestalled them by the rapidity of his movements, a rapidity due to his anxiety to avoid a battle with the combined armies.
		Amongst the Volscians and in the Pomptine district it was even impossible to purchase corn, the corn merchants were in danger of being attacked by the population.
		The Volscians welcomed his arrival, and he became more popular as his resentment against his countrymen became more bitter, and his complaints and threats were more frequently heard.
	www.forumromanum.org /literature/livius/trans2.html (20334 words)

	Volscians - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		VOLSCIANS [Volscians] or Volsci, people of ancient Italy.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Volscians" at HighBeam.
		A Field of Battle between the Roman and the Volscian Camps.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-volscian.html (216 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - A History of Roman Expansion in the Italian Peninsula
		Relations have decreased with the Volscians also after several of their citizens were murdered by an apparent mob in Rome.
		The Volscians have made outrageous demands for the city of Latins to be handed over to their possession or a state of war would exist between our two peoples.
		The Volscian War 345 BC Latins: 345 BC The 1rst Legion was surprised to discover a large enemy force descending on their position south of Latins.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/printthread.php?t=55095 (12565 words)

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		The Aequi and Volscians protest the fortifying of Verrugo.
		The Volscians are defeated and retreats to the area of Tusculum.
		The Volscians and Aequi raids the Latin and Hernican territories.
	folk.ntnu.no /chrisjoh/tidslinje2.html (3045 words)

	Book 2: ‘Secession’ of the Plebeians
		But a war with the Volscians was imminent, and the State was torn with internal dissensions; the patricians and the plebeians were bitterly hostile to one another, owing mainly to the desperate condition of the debtors.
		In the midst of this debate Rome is attacked suddenly by the Volscians and a dictator, Manlius Valerius, is appointed, both to lead the military campaigns and to supersede the power of the bickering consuls.
		After the subjugation of the Volscians, the territory of Velitrae was annexed and a body of Roman citizens was sent out to colonise it.
	www.uvm.edu /~bwalsh/romciv/1stSecession.html (1645 words)

	Outlines of Roman History, Chapter 7
		The Power of the Patricians.—The patricians and plebeians had united in their efforts to drive out the kings; but when the struggle against the kingship was ended, the chief fruits of the victory fell to the patricians.
		The Volscians occupied the southern plains of Latium, near the seacoast.
		The Aequians held the slopes of the Apennines on the northeast.
	www.forumromanum.org /history/morey07.html (1422 words)

	Istria on the Internet - History - Histri and Romans (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Even the Aequi and Volscians, after the consuls had been carried off by the epidemic last year, did not harass us with a cruel and ruthless war." The tribunes came to an understanding with Terentilius and the proceedings were ostensibly adjourned, but, as a matter of fact, abandoned.
		It was impossible to persuade them that the Volscians and Aequi, after being almost exterminated, could themselves commence hostilities; a new enemy, therefore, was being sought for; a colony which had been a loyal neighbour was being covered with infamy.
		Appius Herdonius was calling from the Capitol to the slaves to win their liberty, saying that he had espoused the cause of all the wretched in order to restore the exiles who had been wrongfully banished and remove the heavy yoke from the necks of the slaves.
	www.istrianet.org /istria/history/histri-romans/livy03-eng.htm (21155 words)

	Istria on the Internet - History - Histri and Romans (Site not responding. Last check: )
		After the defeat which the Volscians had sustained on Algidus, their State was distracted by obstinate and bitter quarrels between the advocates of war and those of peace.
		Show Romans and Volscians alike that no cavalry are a match for you as cavalry, no infantry a match for you as infantry!" This stirring appeal was answered by shouts of approval, and he strode on, holding his spear erect.
		As it was impossible to check them in any direction, the Volscian commander gave a signal for a passage to be opened for this novel cohort of targeteers, until by the impetus of their charge they should be cut off from the main body.
	www.istrianet.org /istria/history/histri-romans/livy04-eng.htm (21234 words)

	Summary
		Volumnia can't understand her worries, as she believes military honor is everything, and says she'd rather have eleven sons die bravely at war than have one son survive, devoting his life to idle pleasures.
		When he arrives on the battlefield, he is thrilled because he is able to battle Aufidius, the greatest warrior of the Volscians.
		The Volscians prepare for an attack on Rome, but Volumnia, Virgilia, and Coriolanus' young son beg him to spare the city.
	www.nyu.edu /classes/jeffreys/Coriolanus/Text/summary.htm (636 words)

	SparkNotes: Coriolanus: Act I, scenes ii-x
		The action now shifts to the Volscian city of Corioles, where Tullus Aufidius, about to depart for his attack on Rome, tells the Senators of Corioles that the Romans are already prepared for his offensive.
		Then, Valeria tells them the news from the battlefield--while Cominius has taken part of the Roman army to meet Aufidius's forces in the field, Titus Lartius and Martius are leading the rest of the army in a siege against Corioles.
		The Volscians drive the Romans back to their trenches before Martius, cursing his men for their cowardice, leads them back all the way up to gates of the city.
	www.sparknotes.com /shakespeare/coriolanus/section2.rhtml (1009 words)

	The Yale Herald - Jan 24, 2003 - YDS does as Romans do, well
		Enjoy the first few brilliantly staged fight scenes, and just catch the basics: the Romans are fighting the Volscians, Roman general Coriolanus (Derek Lucci, DRA ’03) is all-too-proud a warrior, and, since this is tragedy, things will fall apart on the basis of that fault.
		Set in the messiest of times in the power struggles of the Roman Republic, a government neither fully aristocratic nor democratic, Coriolanus is about the rise and fall of its title character, a man unmatched in martial skill and sheer arrogance.
		Returning from a successful war against his enemy Aufidius (Peter Macon, DRA ’03) and the Volscians, Coriolanus should be receiving unqualified glory—or so he believes.
	www.yaleherald.com /article-p.php?Article=1606 (525 words)

	The Via Appia And The Cities Of The Pontine Plain
		Just beyond it on a spur was Velitrae, at times a Volscian city, at times a Latin-Roman fortress, founded in about 500 B.C. to stem the tide of the Volscians' invasion when these tribesmen saucily placed a stronghold on nearby Mount Algidus, by which they threatened the seat of the Latin race.
		The Appia then spans the gap between the Alban hills and the Volscian range of the Monti Lepini, a picturesque spur of the Apennines running parallel to the main range along the edge of the Pontine plain until it reaches the coast and the mountains at Terracina.
		When the Volscian invasion threatened upper Latium from the south Cora was not considered a sufficient protection and as an outpost Norba was selected, and it is Norba that will mainly furnish us with the means of judging these Latin cities of the middle period.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles27n/roman-cities-8.shtml (2749 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 853 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On the spot where he yielded to his mother's words, a temple was dedicated to Fortuna Muliebris, and Valeria was the first priestess.
		458, the Volscians obtained from the Romans the very terms which were proposed by Coriolanus.
		The name Coriolanus may have been derived from his settling in the town of Corioli after his banish ment.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0862.html (752 words)

	Coriolanus: Part 2/2
		One of the side-effects of the secession of the plebs was that no agricultural work had been done, and the campaign against the Volscians had left no opportunity for agriculture either.
		Tullius went secretly to the Roman Senate and warned the senators that there was a plot amongst certain Volscians to re-kindle war between Rome and the Volscians by attacking the Romans while the games were on.
		Tullius then waylaid the departing Volscians on their way home and played on their resentment of the way they had been expelled from Rome to win support for military action against the arrogant Romans.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/ancient_biographies/112219 (492 words)

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		He aroused the Volscians' ire against Rome, to a greater degree than before, and placing himself at the head of a Volscian army greater than the Roman forces, marched against his native city.
		It was a sad and solemn spectacle, as this train of noble ladies, clad in their habiliments of woe, and with bent heads and sorrowful faces, wound through the hostile camp, from which they were not excluded as the deputies had been.
		At first he wondered who these women could be; but when they came near, and he saw his mother at the head of the train, his deep love for her welled up so strongly in his heart that he could not restrain himself, but sprang up and ran to meet and kiss her.
	www.web-books.com /classics/Stories/Holidays/HolidaysC7P2.htm (1254 words)

	Coriolanus
		The historical Coriolanus was a patrician (member of the upper class) who fought with great valor in a battle against the Volscians in 493 B.C. at the city of Corioli.
		After the Volscians repel a Roman attack (Act I, Scene IV), Coriolanus rallies his infantrymen by shaming them, referring to them as a "herd" (Line 39) and as "souls of geese" (Line 42).
		The climax of a play or another narrative work, such as a short story or a novel, can be defined as (1) the turning point at which the conflict begins to resolve itself for better or worse, or as (2) the final and most exciting event in a series of events.
	www.cummingsstudyguides.net /xCoriolanus.html (2405 words)

	Dalkeith. Stories From Roman History. Chapter 3: Of Caius Marcius Coriolanus. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Their army lay encamped round about Corioli, the Volscian capital, and the Volscians, fearing that the city might be taken by their enemies, were marching to rescue their besieged countrymen.
		No sooner was Cominius out of sight, than the besieged Volscians rushed from the city and attacked the enemy with such surprising fierceness that the Romans turned to flee.
		They sent the priests next to plead their cause, for in spite of their fears they were too brave to surrender; but the priests returned with the same stern answer.
	www.kellscraft.com /romanhistorych3.html (2133 words)

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