The precise details of Verona's early history…
89 BCE
The precise details of Verona's early history remain a mystery.
The origin of the name Verona is unknown also.
One theory has it as a city of the Euganei, who were obliged to give it up to the Cenomani (550 BCE).
From the beginning of the Roman conquest of the northeastern Italy (about 300 BCE), the relationship between Verona and Rome has usually been one of friendship or alliance.
In the the last decade of the second century BCE, the citizens had fought alongside the Romans against the invading Teutons and Cimbri.
The city derives importance from possessing the main ford in the area, situated on the Adige river about sixty miles (one hundred kilometers) west of modern Venice.
Verona becomes a Roman colonia in 89 BCE.
Locations
Topics
Commodities
Subjects
Regions
Southwest Europe
View →Subregions
