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Sutri (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 14 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.2333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 012 13 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.2167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Important Etruscan center; became Roman ally 391 BCE; 380 BCE reconquered by Etruscans, who were driven out by Furius Camillus on the same day (hence the saying 'ire Sutrium,' to indicate an undertaking quickly achieved). Noted for an Etruscan necropolis and Roman amphitheater excavated in the tuff rock. |
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| Sutri (preferred,C,V)
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| Suthri (H,V,Etruscan,U,N)
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| Suthrina (H,V)
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| Sutrinas (H,V)
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| Sutrium (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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Lazio (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Sutri (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an important Etruscan center |
| town (C) |
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| commune (administrative) (C) |
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| necropolis (H) |
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| Ancient Roman (H) |
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| Etruscan (H) |
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Via Cassia .......... (road) |
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(World, Europe, Italy) [6006326] |
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