Faesulae

settlement · 750 BC – 2099 AD

Faesulae (modern Fiesole) was an Etruscan foundation called Viesul, Viśl, or Vipsul. The city was conquered by Romans in 283 B.C. Sulla would settle Roman veterans there. Citizens of the town supported the conspiracy of Catiline.

Coordinates

43.80818, 11.29377

Also known as

Fiesole (it), Fiesole (it), Fiesole (it), Phaisola (grc), Visul, Φαίσολα (grc), 파이술라이 (ko)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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