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FESCENNIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 292 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FESCENNIA , an See also:

ancient See also:city of See also:Etruria, which is probably to be placed immediately to the N. of the See also:modern Corchiano, 6 m. N.W. of Civita Castellana (see See also:FALERII). The Via Amerina traverses it. G. See also:Dennis (Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria, See also:London, 1883, i. 115 proposed to See also:place it at the Riserva S. Silvestro, 3 M. E. of Corchiano, nearer the See also:Tiber, where remains of See also:Etruscan walls exist. At Corchiano itself, however, similar walls may be traced, and the site is a strong and characteristic one—a triangle between two deep ravines, with the third (See also:west) See also:side cut off by a ditch. Here, too, remains of two See also:bridges may be seen, and several See also:rich tombs have been excavated. See A. Buglione, " See also:Conte di Monale," in Romische Mitteilungen (1887), p.

21 seq.

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