MARSI  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• PEOPLE

people of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, whose See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief centre was See also:

• MARRUVIUM

Marruvium, on the eastern See also:

• SHORE

shore of See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake Fucinus . They are first mentioned as members of a confederacy with the See also:

• VESTINI

Vestini, See also:

• PAELIGNI

Paeligni and See also:

• MARRUCINI

Marrucini (Liv. viii . 29, cf. viii . 6, and Polyb. ii . 24, 12) . They joined the See also:

• SAMNITES

Samnites in 308 B.C . (Liv. ix . 41), and on their submission became See also:

• ALLIES, THOMAS WILLIAM (1813-1903)

allies of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in 304 B.C . (Liv. ix . 45) . After a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-lived revolt two years later, for which they were punished by loss of territory (Liv. x . 3), they were readmitted to the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance and remained faithful down to the social See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, their contingent (e.g .

Liv. xliv . 46) being always regarded as the See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower of the See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian forces (e.g . See also:

• HOR, MOUNT (nirt)

Hor . Od. ii . 20, 18) . In this war, which, owing to the prominence of the Marsian rebels is often known as the Marsic War, they fought bravely against odds under their See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader Q . Pompaedius Silo, and, though they were frequently defeated, the result of the war was the enfranchisement of the allies (see RoME: See also:

• HISTORY

History, " The See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic ") . The Marsi were a See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

hardy See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain people, famed for their See also:

• SIMPLE

simple habits and indomitable courage . It was said that the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans had never triumphed over them or without them (See also:

• APPIAN (Gr. 'Aairtavbs)

Appian) . They were also renowned for their magicians, who had See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

strange remedies for various diseases . The Latin See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of See also:

• ALBA

Alba Fucens near the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west corner of the lake was founded in the adjoining Aequian territory in 303, so that from the beginning of the 3rd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the Marsians were in See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch with a Latin-speaking community, to say nothing of the Latin colony of See also:

• CARSIOLI (mod. Carsoli)

Carsioli (298 B.C.) farther west . The earliest pure Latin See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district seem to be C.I.L. ix .

3827 and 3848 from the neighbourhood of Supinum; its See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character generally is of the Gracchan See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, though it might be somewhat earlier . - See also:

• MOMMSEN, THEODOR (1817–1903)

Mommsen (Unteritalische Dialekten, p . 345) pointed out that in the social war all the coins of Pompaedius Silo have the Latin See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend " Italia," while the other leaders in all but one See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case used Oscan . The chief See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of the See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect or See also:

• PATOIS

patois we owe to the goddess Angitia, whose chief See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple and See also:

• GROVE (O.E. graf, cf. O.E. gr(efa, brushwood, later" greave "; the word does not appear in any other Teutonic language, and the New English Dictionary finds no Indo-European root to which it can be referred; Skeat considers it connected with " grave," to
• GROVE, SIR GEORGE (182o-1900)
• GROVE, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT (1811-1896)

grove stood at the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-west corner of Lake Fucinus, near the inlet to the emissarius of See also:

• CLAUDIUS
• CLAUDIUS [TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS DRUSUS NERO GERMANICUS]
• CLAUDIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• CLAUDIUS, MATTHIAS (174o-1815)

Claudius (restored by See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince Torlonia), and the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Luco . She (or they, for the name is in the plural in the Latin inscription next cited) was widely worshipped in the central See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

highlands (Sulmo, C.I.L. ix . 3074, Furfo Vestinorum, ibid . 3515) as a goddess of healing, especially skilled to cure See also:

• SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

serpent bites by charms and the herbs of the Marsian See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

woods . Her worshippers naturally practised the same arts—as their descendants do (see A. de Nino's charming collection of Usi e costumi abruzzesi), their See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country being in Rome counted the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home of See also:

• WITCHCRAFT

witchcraft; see Hor . Sat . 1, 9, 29, Epod . 17, 28, &c . The earliest See also:

• LOCAL

local inscriptions date from about 300 to 150 B.C. and include the interesting and difficult See also:

• BRONZE

bronze of Lake Fucinus, which seems to record a votive offering to Angitia, if A(n)ctia, as is probable, was the local See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of her name .

Their See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language differs very slightly from Roman Latin of that date; for apparently contracted forms like Fougno instead of See also:

• FUCINO, LAGO DI [Lat. Lacus Fucinus]

Fucino may really only be a See also:

• MATTER

matter of spelling . In final syllables the diphthongs ai, ei, oi, all appear as e . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, the older form of the name of the tribe (dat. plur . Martses = See also:

• LAT

Lat . Martiis) shows its derivation and exhibits the assibilation of -tio- into -tso- proper to many Oscan dialects (see OSCA LINGUA) but strange to classical Latin . See R . S . See also:

• CONWAY (Conwy, or Aberconwy)
• CONWAY, HENRY SEYMOUR (1721-1795)
• CONWAY, HUGH
• CONWAY, MONCURE DANIEL (1832–1907)
• CONWAY, SIR WILLIAM MARTIN (1856– )

Conway, The See also:

• ITALIC

Italic Dialects, pp . 290 seq . (from which some portions of this See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article are taken by permission of the syndics of the Camb . Univ . See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

Press) ; on the Fucino-Bronze, ib. p .

294 . (R . S .