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TheHernici were anItalic tribe of ancientItaly, whose territory was inLatium between theFucine Lake and theSacco River (Trerus), bounded by theVolsci on the south, and by theAequi and theMarsi on the north.
For many years of the earlyRoman Republic, the Hernici were allied with Rome and fought alongside it against its neighbours.[citation needed]
In 495 BC Livy records that they entered into a treaty with theVolsci againstancient Rome.[1][2]
They long maintained their independence, and in 486 BC they were still strong enough to conclude an equal treaty with the Latins.[3][4][5]
In 475 BC theyfought alongside theLatins against the Aequi and Volsci, and in the same year fought alongside Rome against the Veientes and Sabines.[6] In 468 BC theyfought alongside Rome against the Volsci.[7]
In 464 BC they warned Rome of the betrayal ofEcetra, andfought alongside Rome against the Aequi who were allied with the Ecetrans.[8]
They broke away fromRome in 362[9] and in 306,[10] when their chief townAnagnia was taken and reduced to apraefectura, butFerentinum,Aletrium andVerulae were rewarded for their fidelity by being allowed to remain freemunicipia, a position which at that date they preferred to thecivitas.[11]
The name of the Hernici, like that of the Volsci, is missing from the list of Italian peoples whomPolybius[12] describes as able to furnish troops in 225 BC. By that date, therefore, their territory cannot have been distinguished from Latium generally, and it seems probable that they had then received the full Roman citizenship. The oldest Latin inscriptions of the district (from Ferentinum[13]) are earlier than theSocial War, and present no local characteristic.[11]
| Hernican | |
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| Region | Italy |
| Extinct | yes |
Indo-European
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| Old Italic alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xhr |
xhr | |
| Glottolog | hemi1234 |
A couple of inscriptions show that the Hernican language was a member of the group ofOsco-Umbrian (Sabellian) languages. Their name, with its "co" termination, classes them along with the "co"-tribes, like the Volsci, who would seem to have been earlier inhabitants of the west coast of Italy, rather than with the tribes whose names were formed with the "no"-suffix.[11]
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Conway, Robert Seymour (1911). "Hernici". InChisholm, Hugh (ed.).Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 374.Authority control databases: Geographic |
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