Falisci people

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The Falisci people were an ancient Italic ethnic group of central Italy closely related to the Latins, known from their distinctive language and culture centered around the city of Falerii.

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Falisci people canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Italic people
ethnic group
approximateEndDate 3rd century BCE
archaeologicalCulture Faliscan culture
linked to: Faliscan
archaeologicalEvidenceFrom necropoleis around Falerii
associatedCity Falerii Novi
Falerii Veteres
associatedSanctuary Santuario di Celle
capital Falerii Veteres
conflictWith Roman Republic
continent Europe
country Italy
culturalAssimilationInto Romans
cultureCenter Falerii
linked to: Falerii Veteres
deitySyncretismWith Etruscan gods
Roman gods
linked to: Roman religion
ethnicIdentity Italic
ethnoLinguisticRelation Latins
event conquest by Rome
evidenceType ancient literary sources
archaeological remains
inscriptions
historicalPeriod Iron Age Italy
Roman Republican period
linked to: Roman Republic
knownFor ceramic production
distinctive Faliscan language
sanctuary architecture
language Faliscan language
linked to: Faliscan
linguisticBranch Latino-Faliscan languages
linguisticFamily Italic languages
linguisticStatus extinct language community
materialCultureSimilarityTo Etruscan material culture
Latin material culture
modernProvinceArea Province of Viterbo
modernRegionArea Lazio
neighboringPeople Etruscans
Latins
Sabines
Umbrians
partOf ancient Italic world
politicalOrganization city-state centered on Falerii
region central Italy
religion polytheism
religiousSphere Roman-Italic religion
successorSettlement Falerii Novi
territory Ager Faliscus
writingSystem Old Italic script

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Faliscan spokenByEthnicGroup Falisci people
Faliscan alphabet usedBy Falisci people