Ancient Italian Tribes – Falisci

About 1200 BC the Falisci crossed the Eastern part of the Alps into the plain of the Po River.

A tribal confederation of about 30 villages the eventually settled in Latium near today’s Rome.

While they were culturally close to the Etruscans, they spoke a language similar to Latin.

There capital was Falerii Veteres or present day Civita Castellana. Their resistance to Rome began in 437 BC. At that time they joined the Veii in the Etruscan Alliance. However that ended the Romans razed Falerii in 241 BC and 15,000 were killed. They then moved to Falerii Novi about 3 miles west.

They had their own religion and the worshipped Juno Quirtitis, Feronia and Soranus.

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