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  • noun Plural form of Faliscan.

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Examples

  • Whatever trivial aspect of Etruscan civilization remains which can be said to be autochthonous often turns out to be of non-Etruscan origin, attributable to some Indo-European-speaking people such as Faliscans, Romans or Sabines.

    "Proto-Aegean" - What I mean and what I don't 2008

  • Sergius being assaulted by the Faliscans among other people, preferred being routed and put to flight before sending to

    Discourses 2003

  • And now the tribunes of the people again resuming their motion for the division of the city, the war against the Faliscans luckily broke out, giving liberty to the chief citizens to choose what magistrates they pleased, and to appoint Camillus military tribune, with five colleagues; affairs then requiring a commander of authority and reputation, as well as experience.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • And when the people had ratified the election, he marched with his forces into the territories of the Faliscans, and laid seige to Falerii, a well-fortified city, and plentifully stored with all necessaries of war.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • But at present he had no hand in the siege, the duties that fell by lot to him being to make war upon the Faliscans and Capenates, who, taking advantage of the

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • He used on all occasions to remind the people of what had happened in that tumult, and laid before them the examples of their ancestors, how they declared war against the Faliscans, only for giving scurrilous language to one Genucius, a tribune of the people; and sentenced

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • Camillus, to judge and order as he thought fit; who, taking a sum of money of the Falerians, and, making a peace with the whole nation of the Faliscans, returned home.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • For the Faliscans, and later for the popes, it was a most important strategic position; Gregory IX fortified it in 1235 against Frederick II, but the town surrendered to that prince in

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

  • In addition to the fresh wars decided upon the previous year, the Faliscans had been guilty of two acts of hostility; their men had fought in the ranks of the Tarquinians, and they had refused to give up those who had fled after their defeat to Tarquinii, when the Fetials demanded their surrender.

    The History of Rome, Vol. II 1905

  • This led to a rising of the whole of Etruria, and under the leadership of the Tarquinians and Faliscans they marched to the salt-works.

    The History of Rome, Vol. II 1905

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