Volsinii

or Vulsinii (now Bolsena ). Called Velsina , or Velsuna , by the Etruscans, one of the most ancient and most powerful of the twelve cities of the Etruscan Confederation, was situated on a lofty hill on the northeastern extremity of the lake called after it, Lacus Vols in i ens is and Vulsiniensis (now Lago di Bolsena). Volsinii is first mentioned in 392 B.C. , when its inhabitants invaded Roman territory, but were easily defeated by the Romans, and were glad to purchase a twenty years’ truce on humiliating terms. The Vols in i ens is also carried on war with the Romans in 311, 294, and 280, but were on each occasion defeated, and in the last of these years appear to have been finally subdued. On their final subjugation their city was razed to the ground by the Romans, and its inhabitants were compelled to settle on a le defensible site in the plain.