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'''Veii''' was the most powerful of the [[Etruscan]] [[city states]].  It was taken over by the [[Roman Republic]] after a 9 year seige from 405 to 396 B.C. under the great Roman leader [[Marcus Furius Camillus]].  The Etruscans and the Romans would continue to fight in various conflicts for many more years.
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'''Veii''' was the most powerful of the [[Etruscan]] [[city states]].  It was taken over by the [[Roman Republic]] after a 9-year siege from 405 to 396 B.C. under the great Roman leader [[Marcus Furius Camillus]].  The Etruscans and the Romans would continue to fight in various conflicts for many more years.
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Despite being located ~20&nbsp;km northwest of Rome, its ruins were not re-discovered until the 1840s.<ref>http://www.mysteriousetruscans.com/veii.html</ref>
    
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979  
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Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy & Dupuy, 1979
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==See also==
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http://www.unrv.com/empire/veii-and-the-etruscans.php
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[[Category: Ancient History]]
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[[Category:Ancient Rome]]
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