Florentia
The modern Firenze, or Florence; a town in Etruria, sprung from the ancient
Fiesolé, and subsequently a Roman colony, situated on the Arnus (Arno). The
Florentini are mentioned by Tacitus (
Ann. i. 79) as sending a deputation to Rome in A.D. 16. Its greatness
as a city dates from the Middle Ages. See Perrens,
Histoire de Florence
(1877-80);
Yriarte, Florence (1882).