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Topic: Roman War with Veii, First
Location: Mnajdra Malta

Roman War with Veii, First

Years: 483BCE - 474BCE

The Veientines come out ahead in their first war with Rome.

One memorable battle is at the Cremera (a stream in Etruria north of Rome) in 479, where the entire Fabian clan of three hundred and six people, save one, is wiped out.

A treaty is written in 474, but Veii still controls Fidenae.

"History should be taught as the rise of civilization, and not as the history of this nation or that. It should be taught from the point of view of mankind as a whole, and not with undue emphasis on one's own country. Children should learn that every country has committed crimes and that most crimes were blunders. They should learn how mass hysteria can drive a whole nation into folly and into persecution of the few who are not swept away by the prevailing madness."

—Bertrand Russell, On Education (1926)