Rome Defeats Their Ancient Enemy: The Siege of Veii

By 396 BCE, Veii had long been a thorn in Rome’s side. No other city, Etruscan or otherwise, had been to war with Rome as often as Veii. Every Roman king, and most of the subsequent Roman Consuls had at one point or another come into conflict with the city or its allies. In fact, we are fairly certain that Veii was the first city and people outside of Latium to fight Rome. My point here is that Veii and Rome had been fighting for a long, long time. All that fighting was about to come to a head. Rome had seemingly eclipsed Veientine power and were now fully committed to ensuring their age-old rival could no longer trouble them. Could Rome succeed in conquering Veii? How would Rome approach the issue? And, what would happen if Rome did succeed? Let’s talk about it.

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Livy, Ab Urbe Condita: https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/...

Mary Beard: SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Klaus Bringmann: A History of the Roman Republic

Jacopo Tabolli: Veii (Cities and Communities of the Etruscans)

J.B. Ward-Perkins: Veii: The Historical Topography of the Ancient City

Sheldon Judson and Anne Kahane: Underground Drainageways in Southern Etruria and Northern Latium

Christina S. Kraus: 'No Second Troy': Topoi and Refoundation in Livy, Book V

0:00 - Intro
0:44 - A Bit of Background
3:41 - The Beginning of the Final War
6:03 - A Revolutionary Idea
8:51 - Marcus Furius and the Final Battle
14:12 - Outro