Editing Sora, Lazio (section)

==History==
{{See also|Duchy of Sora}}
[[File:Inscription of Sora.png|thumb|left|The mysterious inscription of Sora.]]
Sora, an ancient [[Volsci]]an town, was thrice captured by the [[Roman Republic|Romans]], in 345, 314, and 305 BCE, before they managed, in 303, by means of a colony 4,000 strong, to confirm its annexation as a [[Latin colony]]. In 209, it was one of the colonies that refused further contributions to the war against [[Hannibal]]. By the ''[[lex Julia]]'', it became a [[municipium]], but under [[Augustus]], it was colonized by soldiers of the [[legio IV Sorana]], which had been mainly enrolled there. It belonged technically to ''[[Latium adiectum]]''.

[[Image:Sora di Francesco Vanni nel 1604.jpg|thumb|left|The city and the ducal palace in 1604]]
Located in the ''Ducatus Romanus'' under the authority of the pope during the early [[Dark Ages (historiography)|Dark Ages]], it was captured by the [[Lombards]] of [[Gisulf I of Benevento]] in 705.

The castle of ''Sorella'', built on the rocky height above the town, was in the [[Middle Ages]] a stronghold of some note. In 1229, during the [[War of the Keys]], it submitted to the [[Papacy]] and was then sacked by the [[Emperor Frederick II]], its inhabitants hanged. In 1443, King [[Alfonso V of Aragon|Alfonso of Naples]] made Sora the seat of an independent [[duchy of Sora|Duchy]]; it was afterwards seized by [[Pope Pius II]], but being restored to the Cantelmi by [[Pope Sixtus IV]], it ultimately passed to the duke [[Giovanni della Rovere]]. Against [[Cesare Borgia]], the city was heroically defended by [[Francesco Maria I della Rovere]]. It was purchased by [[Pope Gregory XIII]] for 11,000 ducats and bestowed under the suzerainty of Gregory's son, [[Giacomo Boncompagni]] (who was the first [[duke of Sora]] of the family).