a fortified episcopal town of the Papal States, delegation and 17 miles E.S.E. of the city of Viterbo. Pop. 3500. It occupies the site of Falerii Vetus, well known in history from the celebrated story of Camillus and the schoolmaster. Portions of the ancient walls, tombs, and sepulchral chambers are still to be seen. After the destruction of this city by the Romans in B.C. 241, the second or Falerii Novi was built in a plain about 4 miles distant. The ruins of this town present some of the most extraordinary specimens of ancient military architecture now extant, consisting of walls nearly perfect, quadrilateral towers, and gateways; while within there are remains of an ancient theatre, &c.