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Faliscan

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Fa·lis·can  (f-lskn)
n.
1. A member of an ancient Italic people of southern Etruria.
2. The language of this people, closely related to Latin and known from place and personal names and from inscriptions.
adj.
Of or relating to the Faliscans or their language or culture.
[From Latin Faliscus, from Faleri, a city of ancient Etruria.]
Faliscan [fəˈlɪskən]
n
(Linguistics / Languages) (Historical Terms) an ancient language of Italy, spoken in the area north of the Tiber. It was closely related to Latin, which displaced it before 200 bc
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No less arresting are Latin's early years: for those of us raised on the notion that it sprang fully formed into life as the language of Italy, Ostler's survey of the numerous tongues that co-existed alongside it before the third century BC - with Star Trek names like Volscian, Oscan and Faliscan - is a reminder that the Romans fought like dogs to subdue their Italian neighbours and of the competing Italian identities that still mattered for writers such as Virgil and Ovid.
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His next success came against the Faliscans at the siege of the well-fortified city of Falerii.
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After reviewing recent research generally, the 44 papers, 10 in English and most of rest in Italian, cover Etruria; Umbria and Abruzzo; The Faliscans, Rome, and Latium; Campania and Magna Graecia; and Sicily.
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