Ardea

Ardea is an ancient metropolis and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, 35 kilometres south of Rome and about 4 kilometres from modern Mediterranean coast. The financial system is more often than not based totally on agriculture, despite the fact that, starting from the 70s, industry has had an increasingly crucial role. Ardea is one of the most ancient towns in western Europe, founded during the 8^th century BC. According to subculture it was the capital of the Rutuli, and it's far described as such in the Aeneid. In 509 BC Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the king of Rome sought unsuccessfully to take the metropolis by means of hurricane, after which started out a siege of the city.

However, the siege turned into interrupted by way of the revolution which resulted in the overthrow of the king and the status quo of the Roman republic. One of the leaders of the revolution, Lucius Junius Brutus, came to the camp of the Roman navy at Ardea and received the military's guide for the revolution. In 443 BC the Volscians laid siege to Ardea. The siege become soon damaged by using Roman troops beneath the leadership of Marcus Geganius Macerinus.