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here we go. A bit shorter than usual, but it's something:



 455 BC – Clusium, now has a large army in the field, and the capture of Veii goes to its military leaders heads. The Fidenates are run off their settlement, and the entire town is burned to the ground. The Etruscans found the third town ever to occupy the area (the reason people are fighting over it is because it’s a very strategic position. A major trade route runs through the area, as well as the river which supplies water and access to the sea. The area is also very hilly, making it much easier to defend). An angered Latin delegation asks them point-blank to leave, but Clusium refuses, and the northernmost Latins, their manpower and resources exhausted from years of war, have no choice but to look on as the Etruscans encroach on their side of the river.

 453 BC – The Fidenates attack the new Clusian settlement on the Tiber, killing many. Rumors begin circulating that the Latins aided the attackers. Enraged, the Etruscan garrison commander leads his army out and begins plundering the surrounding countryside. This time he has gone too far. Just two months after leaving the city he is supposed to be defending, his force is ambushed and surrounded by a numerically superior force gathered from all over Latium. The Etruscan troop panic, and the Latin lines open to let about a third of them through. The rest are still caught in the encircling enemy army, and every Etruscan soldier is massacred. However, the third that survived retreat to the Etruscan settlement and man the walls. As most of the Latin force is untrained and hastily equipped, they have no hope of taking the walls, and return to their homes. Shortly afterward, Clusium concludes a treaty with the Latin league.

'' Elsewhere in the Italian peninsula… ''

 466 BC – Taras falls; the Greek kings are replaced with a native Apulian democracy

 457 BC – Antium invades Samnium, but is repulsed

 443 BC – The Greek colony of Thurii is founded in souther Italy. Its settlers include Herodotus

 432 BC – The Greek colony of Heraclea is founded as a joint effort by Thurii and Tarentum

 428 BC – The Greek colony of Cumae falls to the Samnites

'' And now, back to our regular scheduled programming… ''

 452 BC – The Sabines and Fidenates begin raiding Latin areas, but are bribed off. They switch to raiding Etruscan towns north of the Tiber.

 c.450 BC – The Latin league begins centralizing government and exercising tighter control over the member states. Many of the League members secede in a bid for independence. These members include the major city-state of Tusculum, and the fairly important city-state of Anagnia.

 447 BC – With prompting from the Latin league to extend its influence, many of the Hernicians (Frusino and Sora included) attack the Marses.







<p class="MsoNormal"> And history shall continue as I think up what will happen next…