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With the Celts attacking from the north, and the Romans attacking from the south, the Etruscans were being squeezed on two fronts, and it would not be long before they were overwhelmed (2). One by one, the northern Etruscan city-states fell to these warriors as the Celts pushed south. The Etruscans lay directly south of them, and now they were coming under repeated attacks from the Celts. They had even crossed the Alps and had occupied most of what is now northern Italy as far south as the Arno River. By the early 4th Century BC, they had spread and had become the dominant culture throughout much of western and central Europe. The Celts were a collection of tribes that appear to have originated in what is now Austria. Then in the Summer of 390 BC, the Romans faced an enemy that they had never encountered before – the Celts. Understandably, they felt proud of themselves. At last in 392 BC, the Romans were able to take the city (1). The state of Veii had put up especially stern resistance, and the Romans spent many years trying to conquer it. Throughout the 400s and into the early 300s BC, the Roman Republic had been almost continuously engaged in wars with the Etruscan city-states to the north. The Ides of October, in particular, was the date of the Ludi Capitolini, “the Capitoline Games”, one of the oldest festivals in Roman history. Sometimes, these days were marked for holding special celebrations. The ancient Romans named the middle part of each month as the “Ides”, and each of these days was dedicated to Jupiter, King of the Gods. October 15 – The Ludi Capitolini: The Capitoline Games of Ancient Rome
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