Editing Anagni (section)

===Roman Period===

In 307 BC, the Hernici, with the exception of [[Aletrium]] (Alatri), [[Verulae]] (Veroli), and [[Ferentinum]] (Ferentino) declared war on Rome. After suffering setbacks the Hernici offered unconditional surrender. In 306 BC the towns which had not joined the war remained independent, while “Anagnia and such others as had borne arms against the Romans were admitted to citizenship without the right to vote. They were prohibited from holding councils and from intermarrying, and were allowed no magistrates save those who had charge of religious rites.”<ref>Livy, The History of Rome, 9.43.2-7, 23</ref> Anagni preserved her religious autonomy and strategic importance.

Under Roman domination the town expanded and the so-called [[Servius Tullius|Servian]] walls were modified at the beginning of the 3rd century BC.{{cn|date=August 2023}} 

In Imperial times, many emperors spent their summers in Anagni to escape the heat of Rome, the most notable ones being [[Marcus Aurelius]], [[Septimius Severus]], [[Commodus]], and [[Caracalla]].{{cn|date=August 2023}} The large imperial villa in the vicinity at [[Villa Magna]] was owned by Marcus Aurelius.

The city was the seat of temples and sanctuaries including the temple of [[Ceres (Roman mythology)|Ceres]] on which the Cathedral was built. In the 2nd century AD, many linen [[codex|codices]] containing sacred Etruscan texts were still well-conserved, according to Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]].{{cn|date=August 2023}} There is a sole survivor of these texts, the ''[[Liber Linteus]]''.

By the end of the Roman Empire, a crisis caused a collapse of Anagni's population; the lower parts of the city were abandoned.{{cn|date=August 2023}}