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Falerii

British  
/ fəˈlɪərɪˌaɪ /

noun

  1. an ancient city of S Italy, in Latium: important in pre-Roman times

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Falerii Novi, they discovered, was just under half the size of the famous ancient city of Pompeii.

From Fox News ● Jun. 9, 2020

The ancient city of Falerii Novi, which is about 31 miles north of Rome, was mapped using advanced radar technology.

From Fox News ● Jun. 9, 2020

The story of the schoolmaster of Falerii is very spirited, and the Triumph of Camillus varied and pleasing in colouring.

From Fra Bartolommeo by Flora Kendrick

When the citizens of Falerii heard of this, so much were they pleased with the humanity and integrity of Camillus, that they resolved to surrender their town to him without further defence.

From Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Ninian Hill Thomson

It could never have been dreamed that the well-knit confederacy, which had known no spontaneous revolt since the rising of Falerii in the middle of the third century, could again be disturbed by internal war.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge

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