Spoletium

Overlooking the Clitumnus Valley, the site of Spoletium (modern Spoleto) is first mentioned as a colony established by Rome to help them fight the Umbri, but there is evidence of inhabitation far predating Roman settlement. It would gain recognition throughout Rome in the aftermath of the Hannibalic Battle of Trasimene, when it resisted an assault by Carthaginian forces with such ferocity that Carthage abandoned a march on Rome.