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Veii
[ vee-yahy, vey-yee ]
noun
- an ancient city in central Italy, in Etruria, near Rome: Etruscan city destroyed by the Romans 396 b.c.
Veii
/ ˈviːjaɪ /
noun
- an ancient Etruscan city, northwest of Rome: destroyed by the Romans in 396 bc
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Camillus had shown the way when he suggested the invitation of Juno of Veii to Rome.
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The wine made in the neighborhood of the little city of Veii, (northwest of Rome) was little prized.
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Chief among these is Veii, whose very name has in it a far-off old-world sound.
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Veii was indeed fully larger, and was about the dimensions of the city of Rome, included within the walls of Servius Tullius.
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On a part of these downs overgrown with briars was situated the Roman Municipium, a colony founded after the subjugation of Veii.
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