place
Faesulae
also: agro Faesulano, Faesulan country, Fiesole
An Etruscan hill-town in northern Etruria (modern Fiesole, above Florence) whose surrounding country was the mustering-ground for Catiline's army under Gaius Manlius in 63 BC. It became the focal point of the Catilinarian rising in Italy.