Perusia

So could it not be simply that Perusia means just that?

Archive 2010-02-01 2010

So could it not be simply that Perusia means just that?

The origin of Perugia 2010

We know that the Latin name was Perusia and the Etruscan name can be reconstructed as *Φerusina based on Φersnaχs in TLE 363.

The origin of Perugia 2010

We know that the Latin name was Perusia and the Etruscan name can be reconstructed as *Φerusina based on Φersnaχs in TLE 363.

Archive 2010-02-01 2010

Rushing from there through Tuscany he destroyed Spoletium, took the towns of Assisi and Clusium and besieged Perusia.

De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » Byzantine conquest of Italy in the sixth-century, according to the Chronicle of Marcellinus 2009

We're all heartened by the support, not only from the people of Perusia, many Italians, all over, people from all over the world have been sending us messages of support all through the night.

CNN Transcript Dec 5, 2009 2009

—Pollio was so disgusted that he refused to commit himself or his legions to getting your brother out of Perusia.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

His brother Lucius was immured inside Perusia and under siege, while Pollio had retreated to the swamps at the mouth of the Padus River!

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Lucius Antonius marched north on the Via Flaminia to Perusia, a magnificent town perched high on a flat-topped mountain in the middle of the Apennines.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

“Well, Octavianus got no money out of Perusia to fund his activities, though from somewhere he manages to pay his legions sufficient to keep their men on his side.”

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007