1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ASISIUM (mod. Assist), an ancient town of Umbria, in a lofty situation about ism. E.S.E. of Perusia. As an independent community it had already begun to use Latin as well as Umbrian in its inscriptions (for one of these recording the chief magistrates — marones — see C.l.L. xi. 5390). It became a municipium in 90 B.C., but, though numerous inscriptions (C.l.L. xi. 53715606) testify to its importance in the Imperial period, it is hardly mentioned by our classical authorities. Scanty traces of the ancient city walls …
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