Pereto ( Marsicano : Pirìtu ) is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy .
5-585: It was an ancient centre of the Marsi . Outside the hamlet is the Church of Santa Maria in Cellis (1132). This Abruzzo location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Marsi The Marsi were an Italic people of ancient Italy , whose chief centre was Marruvium , on the eastern shore of Lake Fucinus (which was drained in the time of Claudius ). The area in which they lived
10-630: A Latin-speaking community, to say nothing of the Latin colony of Carsioli farther west. The earliest pure Latin inscriptions of the district seem to be C.I.L. IX 3827 and 3848 from the neighbourhood of Supinum; its character generally is of the Gracchan period, though it might be somewhat earlier. In the Social War (91–87 BC) which, owing to the prominence of the Marsian rebels, is often known as
15-529: Is now called Marsica . They originally spoke a language now termed Marsian which is attested by several inscriptions. The Marsi were first mentioned as members of a confederacy with the Vestini , Paeligni and Marrucini . They joined the Samnites in 308 BC, and, on their submission, became allies of Rome in 304 BC. After a short-lived revolt two years later, for which they were punished by
20-473: The Marsic War, they fought bravely against odds under their leader Q. Pompaedius Silo and, though they were frequently defeated, the result of the war was the enfranchisement of the allies. All the coins of Pompaedius Silo have the Latin legend "Italia", while the other leaders in all but one case used Oscan . The sanctuary of Lucus Angitiae , the chief temple and grove of the goddess Angitia stood at
25-568: The loss of territory, they were readmitted to the Roman alliance and remained faithful down to the Social War , their contingent being always regarded as the flower of the Italian forces. The Latin colony of Alba Fucens near the northwest corner of the lake was founded in the adjoining Aequian territory in 303 BC so that, from the beginning of the 3rd century, the Marsians were in touch with
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