The Hernici were an Italic tribe of ancient Italy, whose territory was in Latium between the Fucine Lake and the Sacco River (Trerus), bounded by the Volsci on the south, and by the Aequi and the Marsi on the north. Settlements in central Italy (c. 400 BCE).

Hernici, ancient people of Italy, whose territory was in Latium between the Fucine Lake (modern Fucino) and the Trerus (modern Sacco) River, bounded by the Volsci on the south and by the Aequi and the Marsi on the north.

The Roman–Hernici conflicts occurred intermittently in the 5th and 4th century BCE. Both were Italic peoples settled in Latium , with the Romans speaking Latin and the Hernici an Osco-Umbrian language .

Hernici: ancient people, living in the valley of the Tolerus River. They appear to have been an ally and later an enemy of archaic Rome. This relief of an Amazon from the temple of Mater Matuta in Satricum gives an idea of what a warrior looked like in this age.

Hernican territory became part of Latium and the Hernici were so completely Latinized that their own language cannot be discovered. Possibly it was a Latinian dialect, but their name meaning ‘men of the rocks’ (Festus 89 Lindsay) looks *Oscan.

HERNICI, an ancient people of Italy, whose territory was in Latium between the Fucine Lake and the Trerus, bounded b'y the Volscian on the S., and by the Aequian and the Marsian on the N. They long maintained their independence, and in 486 B.C. were still strong enough to conclude an equal treaty with the Latins (Dion. Hal. viii. 64 and 68).

HERNICI, an ancient people of Italy, whose territory was in Latium between the Fucine Lake and the Trerus, bounded by the Volscian on the S., and by the Aequian and the Marsian on the N. They long maintained their independence, and in 486 B.C. were still strong enough to conclude an equal treaty with the Latins (Dion. Hal. viii. 64 and 68).

Besides the TRERUS or Sacco, the only other stream in the land of the Hernici of which the ancient name is preserved to us, is the COSAS (Κόδας,, Strab. v. p.237), still called the Cosa, which flows beneath the walls of Alatri and Frosinone, and …

The Hernici were an Italic tribe of ancient Italy who lived in Latium between the Fucine Lake and the Sacco River, bordering the Volsci to the south and the Aequi and Marsi to the north. They were allied to the Roman Republic during its early years, but …

The Hernici were an Italic tribe in ancient Italy, located between the Fucine Lake and Sacco River. They allied with Rome and fought against its enemies but also entered into a treaty with the Volsci against Rome in 495 BC.