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The Volscian Threat to Rome
01:50 - 04:24 (02:34)
The Volscian army threatened Rome in the early fifth century BC, a disgruntled Roman general named Corleonus led them through the legions and right to the gates of the city. The peak of the Volscian threat came early, around 491 BC and by the mid-480s BC, the threat had largely been contained.
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