Caere

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 1 §2 Caere

  A rich Etruscan city ruled by Mezentius.

• The History of Rome, Book 4 §61 Caere

  Etruscan city northwest of Veii; a same-named Artena of its territory was destroyed by the kings.

• The History of Rome, Book 5 §16 Caere

  Etruscan city north-west of Veii, friendly to Rome; later refuge of the Vestals and their sacred things.

• The History of Rome, Book 7 §19 the people of Caere

  Caere (Cerveteri), the Etruscan city that had sheltered Rome's rites and priests in the Gallic sack; here suspected of aiding the Tarquinienses.

• The History of Rome, Book 22 §1 Caere

  An Etruscan city north of Rome (modern Cerveteri).

• The History of Rome, Book 27 §23 Caere

  An Etruscan city north of Rome; site of a vulture-prodigy.