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Sora, an ancient Volscian town, was thrice captured by the Romans, in 345, 314 and 305 BC, before they managed, in 303, by means of a colony 4000 strong, to confirm its annexation. In 209 it was one of the colonies which refused further contributions to the war against HannibalHannibal Barca ( 247 BC- 182 BC) was a military commander of ancient Carthage, best known for his achievements in the Second Punic War in marching an army from Spain over the Pyrenees and the Alps into northern Italy and defeating the Romans at the Battle. By the lex Julia it became a municipiumA municipium was a class of Roman city which was inferior in status to a colonia''. Unlike the latter, its citizens were not full Roman citizens (but its magistrates could become so), but they partook of the duties of full citizens in terms of their liabi, but under AugustusAugustus (plural Augusti is Latin for "majestic" or "venerable". Although the use of the cognomen "Augustus" as part of one's name is generally understood to identify the Roman Emperor, this is somewhat misleading; "Augustus" was the most significant name it was colonized by soldiers of the legio IV Sorana , which had been mainly enrolled there. It belonged technically to Latium Adjectum .

The castle of Sorella, built on the rocky height above the town, was in the Middle AgesThe Middle Ages formed the middle period in a schematic division of European history into three 'ages': Classical civilization, the Middle Ages, and Modern Civilization. It is commonly dated from the end of the Western Roman Empire ( 5th century) until th a stronghold of some note - Charles of Anjou made Sora a duchy for the Cantelmi ; it was afterwards seized by Pope Pius IIPius II ne Enea Silvio Piccolomini ( October 18, 1405 August 14, 1464) was pope from 1458 to 1464. Pius, "whose character reflects almost every tendency of the age in which he lived", was born at Corsignano in the Sienese territory of a noble but decayed, but, being restored to the Cantelmi by Pope Sixtus IVSixtus IV born Francesco della Rovere ( July 21, 1414 August 12, 1484) was Pope from 1471 to 1484, essentially a Renaissance prince, the Sixtus of the Sistine Chapel where the team of artists he brought together introduced the Early Renaissance to Rome wi, it ultimately passed to the Della RovereThe Italian della Rovere family of the Renaissance supplied two popes: Francesco della Rovere, Pope Sixtus IV, 1471- 1484 Juliano della Rovere, Pope Julius II, 1503- 1513. of Urbino. Against Caesar Borgia the city was heroically defended by Giovanni di Montefeltro . It was purchased by Pope Gregory XIII for 11,000 ducats and bestowed on the Buoncompagni , the ancestors of the line of Buoncompagni-Ludovisi . In ancient times Sora was the birthplace of the Decii , Atilius Regulus, and Lucius Mummius; and among its later celebrities is Cardinal Baronius.