Falerii, a city of ancient Etruria, and the capital of the Falisci, was situated west of the Tiber, and north of Mount Socrate. After its capture and destruction by the Romans (241 B.C.), the inhabitants settled on a new site a few miles off. See ETRURIA.
Falerii
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 537
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