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Veii

[ vee-yahy, vey-yee ]

noun

  1. an ancient city in central Italy, in Etruria, near Rome: Etruscan city destroyed by the Romans 396 b.c.


Veii

/ ˈviːjaɪ /

noun

  1. an ancient Etruscan city, northwest of Rome: destroyed by the Romans in 396 bc


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Example Sentences

Camillus had shown the way when he suggested the invitation of Juno of Veii to Rome.

The wine made in the neighborhood of the little city of Veii, (northwest of Rome) was little prized.

Chief among these is Veii, whose very name has in it a far-off old-world sound.

Veii was indeed fully larger, and was about the dimensions of the city of Rome, included within the walls of Servius Tullius.

On a part of these downs overgrown with briars was situated the Roman Municipium, a colony founded after the subjugation of Veii.

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