Perugia

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History

Perugia was an Umbrian settlement but first appears in written history as Perusia, one of the 12 confederate cities of Etruria; in 310 or 309 BC. At that time a thirty-year indutiae (truce) was agreed upon; however, in 295 Perusia took part in the Third Samnite War and was forced, with Volsinii and Arretium (Arezzo), to sue for peace in the following year. In 216 and 205 BC, it assisted Rome in the Second Punic War, but afterwards it is not mentioned until 41–40 BC, when Lucius Antonius took refuge there, and was defeated by Octavian after a long siege, and its senators sent to their deaths. A number of lead bullets used by slingers have been found in and around the city. The city was burnt, we are told, with the exception of the temples of Vulcan and Juno—the massive Etruscan terrace-walls, naturally, can hardly have suffered at all—and the town, with the territory for a mile round, was allowed to be occupied by whoever chose. It must have been rebuilt almost at once, for several bases for statues exist, inscribed Augusto sacr(um) Perusia restituta; but it did not become a colonia, until 251–253 AD, when it was resettled as Colonia Vibia Augusta Perusia, under the emperor Trebonianus Gallus. It is hardly mentioned except by the geographers until it was the only city in Umbria to resist Totila and the Ostrogoths, who captured it and laid the city waste in 547, after a long siege, apparently after the city's Byzantine garrison evacuated. Negotiations with the besieging forces fell to the city's bishop, Herculanus, as representative of the townspeople. Totila is said to have ordered the bishop to be flayed and beheaded. St. Herculanus (Sant'Ercolano) later became the city's patron saint. In the Lombard period, Perugia is spoken of as one of the principal cities of…

Geography

Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria. Cities' distances from Perugia: Assisi , Siena , Florence , Rome . Though Perugia is located in the central part of Italy, the city experiences a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) similar to much of Northern Italy due to its inland location and the diverse, hilly topography of Umbria. Typically, summers are warm to hot and humid, while winters are cold with occasional snowfall. The climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, with adequate rainfall year-round.

Most-observed species

• Hooded Crow

  Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  337
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  326
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  316
• Western Jackdaw

  Coloeus monedula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  291
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  278
• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  264
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  260
• Eurasian Blackcap

  Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  249

Most recent

• M 4.2 — 2026-05-23
  4 km WSW of Bolognola, Italy
• M 4.2 — 2025-09-20
  4 km SSE of San Terenziano, Italy
• M 3.2 — 2025-03-04
  3 km S of Bevagna, Italy
• M 4 — 2023-11-14
  2 km ESE of Monteleone di Fermo, Italy
• M 4.2 — 2023-03-09
  4 km S of Umbertide, Italy
• M 4.5 — 2023-03-09
  2 km S of Umbertide, Italy