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Siena

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Si·en·a  (s-n, synä)
A city of west-central Italy south of Florence. Founded by Etruscans, it became independent in the 12th century and gradually evolved into a wealthy city known especially for its leadership of the Sienese school of art (13th-14th centuries). Population: 53,800.
Sie·nese (-nz, -ns) adj. & n.
Siena [sɪˈɛnə (Italian) ˈsjɛːna]
n
(Placename) a walled city in central Italy, in Tuscany: founded by the Etruscans; important artistic centre (13th-14th centuries); university (13th century). Pop.: 58 278 (1990)


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After this, Lucca and Siena yielded at once, partly through hatred and partly through fear of the Florentines; and the Florentines would have had no remedy had he continued to prosper, as he was prospering the year that Alexander died, for he had acquired so much power and reputation that he would have stood by himself, and no longer have depended on the luck and the forces of others, but solely on his own power and ability.
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