Editing Volsci (section)

==Description by the ancient geographers==
[[Strabo]] says that the Volsci formed a sovereign state near the site of Rome.<ref>{{cite book |author=Strabo |author-link=Strabo |title=Geography |chapter=Book 5 Chapter 3 |publisher=Tufts University, Perseus Digital Library |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0239:book=5:chapter=3&highlight=volsci}}</ref> It was placed in the Pomentine plain, between the [[Latins (Italic tribe)|Latins]] and the [[Pontine marshes]], which took their name from the plain. 

The Volsci were divided in Antiates Volsci (capital Antium) on the Tyrrhenian coast,<ref name=":0" /> and Ecetran Volsci ([[Ecetra]]) in the hinterland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Devoto |first=Giacomo |date=1937 |title=Volsci |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/volsci_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/ |website=Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana |language=it}}</ref>