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Perugia gave its nickname to the famous painter Perugino (Pietro Vannucci), who lived and worked there. Another famous painter, Pinturicchio, lived in Perugia.
Perugia first appears (as Perusia) in history as one of the twelve confederate cities of Etruria. It is first mentioned in the account of the war of 310 or 309 BC between the Etruscans and the Romans. It took, however, an important part in the rebellion of 295, and was reduced, with Vulsinii and Arretium ( Arezzo), to seek for peace in the following year.
In 216 and 205Centuries: 4th century BC 3rd century BC 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 210 BC 209 BC 208 BC 207 BC 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC 201 BC 200 BC Events Second Puni it assisted Rome in the Hannibalic war, but afterwards it is not mentioned until 41-40 BC, when Lucius AntoniusLucius Antonius ( 1st century BC) was the younger brother and supporter of Marcus Antonius, a Roman politician. Lucius was son of Marcus Antonius Creticus, son of the rhetorician Marcus Antonius Orator executed by Gaius Marius' supporters in 86 BC, and Ju took refuge there, and was reduced by Octavian after a long siege. A number of lead bullets used by slingers have been found in and around the city (Corpus inscr. lat. xi. 1212). The city was burnt, we are told, with the exception of the temples of VulcanVulcan in Roman mythology is the son of Jupiter and Juno, and husband of Maia and Venus. He was god of fire and volcanoes, and the manufacturer of art, arms, iron, and armor for gods and heroes. His smithy was believed to be situated underneath Mount Aetn and JunoThis article is about the goddess. For the asteroid, see 103 Hera, and also 1 Ceres, which briefly bore the name Hera. In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera the Great Goddess of pre- Hellene Minoan culture transmitted to the Greeks t--the massive Etruscan terrace-walls, 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 exist, inscribed Augusta sacr(um) Perusia restituta; but, as we have seen, it did not become a colony until AD 251-253.
It is hardly mentioned except by the geographers until the middle of the 6th century5th century — 6th century — 7th century — other centuries) Events The first academy of the east the Academy of Gundeshapur founded in Persia by the Persian Shah Khosrau I. Irish colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to Caledonia (later known, when it was captured by TotilaTotila was king of the Ostrogoths, chosen after the death of his uncle Ildibad in 541. His real name was Baduila which can be seen from the coinage issued by him. His life's work was the restoration of the Gothic kingdom in Italy and he entered upon the t after a long siege. In the LombardThe Lombards were a Germanic tribe in history. Their name, Lombard has been given to some places such as: Lombard, Illinois Lombard Street, in the City of London Lombard Street, in San Francisco Lombard, Doubs, a commune of the Doubs departement in France period it is spoken of as one of the principal cities of Tuscia . In the 9th century, with the consent of Charles the Great and Louis the Pious, it passed under the popes; but for many centuries the city continued to maintain an independent life, warring against many of the neighbouring lands and cities-- Foligno, Assisi, Spoleto, Todi, Montepulciano , etc. It remained true for the most part to the Guelphs.
On various occasions the popes found asylum within its walls, and it was the meeting-place of the conclaves which elected Honorius II (1124), Honorius IV (1285), Celestine V (1294), and Clement V (1305). But Perugia had no mind simply to subserve the papal interests. At the time of Rienzi's unfortunate enterprise it sent ten ambassadors to pay him honour; and, when papal legates sought to coerce it by foreign soldiers, or to exact contributions, they met with vigorous resistance.
In the 15th century power was at last concentrated in the Baglioni family, who, though they had no legal position, defied all other authority. Gian Paolo Baglioni was lured to Rome in 1520 and beheaded by Leo X; and in 1534 Rodolfo, who had slain a papal legate, was defeated by Pier Luigi Farnese, and the city, captured and plundered by his soldiery, was deprived of its privileges. A citadel known as the Rocca Paolina , after the name of Pope Paul III, was begun six years later "ad coercendam Perusinorum audaciam."
In 1797 Perugia was occupied by the French; in 1832, 1838 and 1854 it was visited by earthquakes; in May 1849 it was seized by the Austrians; and, after a futile insurrection in 1859, it was finally united, along with the rest of Umbria, to Piedmont, in 1860.