{"slug": "volsci", "label": "Volsci", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volsci", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q663655", "qid": "Q663655", "description": "italic Osco-Umbrian tribe in Ancient Italy", "entries": 12, "years": 12, "span": [-494, -312], "span_label": ["495 BCE", "313 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "roman-republic", "label": "Roman Republic", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "roman-volscian-wars", "label": "Roman-Volscian wars", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "aequi", "label": "Aequi", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "latium", "label": "Latium", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gaul", "label": "Gaul", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -494, "year_label": "495 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Volsci launch an invasion against Rome, but are defeated, and in retaliation Rome plunders Suessa Pometia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129364#Roman_Republic", "title": "495 BC", "revid": 1350129364, "section": "Events › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -493, "year_label": "494 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "The Roman consul Aulus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus defeats the Volsci, and a Roman colony is planted at Velitrae.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362845788#Roman_Republic", "title": "494 BC", "revid": 1362845788, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -492, "year_label": "493 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Roman army, led by Postumus Cominius Auruncus defeats the Volsci and the Romans capture the towns of Longula, Pollusca and Corioli. Gaius Marcius distinguishes himself in the battle for Corioli, and earns the cognomen Coriolanus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342344261#Roman_Republic", "title": "493 BC", "revid": 1342344261, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -491, "year_label": "492 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "War with the Volsci is averted because a pestilence affects the Volsci. Rome sends additional colonists to Velitrae and establishes a new colony in Norba.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172499#Rome", "title": "492 BC", "revid": 1354172499, "section": "Events › By place › Rome"}}, {"year": -490, "year_label": "491 BCE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "During this year there was a famine in Rome. General Gais Marcius Coriolanus suggested that people should not receive grains unless they agree to abolish the Office of Tribune. Because of this, the Tribunes had him exiled. In response, Coriolanus takes refuge with the leader of the Volsci, eventually leading the Volscian army in a war against Rome. It was only due to entreaties from his mother and wife that he abandoned his war against Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364322520#Roman_Republic", "title": "491 BC", "revid": 1364322520, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -487, "year_label": "488 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Gaius Marcius Coriolanus and Attius Tullius, leading an army of the Volsci, besiege Rome. Coriolanus' mother and wife convince him to break off the siege. In recognition of the service of these women, a temple is erected in Rome dedicated to Fortuna. Subsequently, the Volsci and their allies the Aequi have a falling out, and their armies fight as a result, significantly diminishing the strength of each of them.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372358766#Rome", "title": "488 BC", "revid": 1372358766, "section": "Events › By place › Rome"}}, {"year": -483, "year_label": "484 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Romans defeat the Volsci and Aequi in battle.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129371#Rome", "title": "484 BC", "revid": 1350129371, "section": "Events › By place › Rome"}}, {"year": -445, "year_label": "446 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In the Battle of Corbione, Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus leads Roman troops to a victory over the Aequi of north-east Latium and the Volsci of southern Latium.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372038982#Roman_Republic", "title": "446 BC", "revid": 1372038982, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -430, "year_label": "431 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Romans defeat the Aequi and the Volsci at the Battle of Mount Algidus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364036128#Roman_Republic", "title": "431 BC", "revid": 1364036128, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -357, "year_label": "358 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Romans defeat the Volsci, annex most of their territory, and settle it with Roman colonists. The Romans also force the Latin League to renew its close alliance with Rome, an alliance which was weakened by Rome’s defeat at the hands of the Gauls in 390 BC.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1135050178#Roman_Republic", "title": "358 BC", "revid": 1135050178, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -337, "year_label": "338 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "With the fall of their chief city, Antium, to the Romans, the Volsci finally abandon their resistance against the Romans and accept an alliance with Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354172728#Roman_Republic", "title": "338 BC", "revid": 1354172728, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -312, "year_label": "313 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Romans establish colonies at the Volscian island of Pontiae, the Volscian town of Interamna Sucasina and at Suessa Aurunca.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1300255025#Italy", "title": "313 BC", "revid": 1300255025, "section": "Events › By place › Italy"}}]}