Editing Perugia (section)

=== Roman period ===
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 (brother of Mark Antony)|Lucius Antonius]] took refuge there, and was defeated by [[Augustus|Octavian]] after a long siege, and its senators sent to their deaths. A number of [[Sling (weapon)#Ammunition|lead bullets used by slingers]] have been found in and around the city.<ref>cf. ''Corpus Inscr. Lat.'' xi. 1212</ref> The city was burnt, we are told, with the exception of the temples of [[Vulcan (mythology)|Vulcan]] and [[Juno (mythology)|Juno]]—the massive Etruscan terrace-walls,<ref>[http://www.perugiaonline.com/perugia_arcoetrusco.html Etruscan town walls].</ref> 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 (Roman)|colonia]]'', until 251–253 AD, when it was resettled as ''Colonia Vibia Augusta Perusia'', under the emperor [[Trebonianus Gallus]].<ref>Latin inscriptions at two of the preserved Etruscan gates.</ref>