aricines

Updated: May 18, 2025

The Etruscan army, which after the fall of Rome had penetrated into Latium, had its victorious career checked in the first instance before the walls of Aricia by the well-timed intervention of the Cumaeans who had hastened to the succour of the Aricines . We know not how the war ended, nor, in particular, whether Rome even at that time tore up the ruinous and disgraceful peace.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

The Etruscan army, which after the fall of Rome had penetrated into Latium, had its victorious career checked in the first instance before the walls of Aricia by the well-timed intervention of the Cumaeans who had hastened to the succour of the Aricines . We know not how the war ended, nor, in particular, whether Rome even at that time tore up the ruinous and disgraceful peace.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book II : From the Abolition of the Monarchy in Rome to the Union of Italy