ri , ▁who ▁founded ▁the ▁cities ▁of ▁Am elia , ▁N arn ia ▁N ah ars , ▁O tr icol um ▁and ▁Inter am na ▁N ah ars . ▁With ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁E tr us can ▁civil ization , ▁their ▁territory ▁was ▁reduced ▁to ▁the ▁valle ys ▁of ▁the ▁Black ▁and ▁Vel ino . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁and ▁rich est ▁E tr us can ▁cities ▁in ▁Province ▁of ▁T erni ▁was ▁Or vi eto ▁and ▁an ▁un ident ified ▁place ▁called ▁F an um ▁Vol t um na e . ▁For ▁centuries , ▁Um b rian ▁and ▁E tr us can ▁fought ▁hard ▁for ▁the ▁rule ▁of ▁the ▁T iber ▁valley , ▁until , ▁in ▁ 2 9 9 ▁BC ▁when ▁Roman ▁leg ions ▁began ▁the ▁invasion ▁of ▁Um b ria . ▁ ▁The ▁provincial ▁territory ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁Republic ▁and ▁then ▁the ▁Roman ▁Empire ▁until ▁the ▁latter ' s ▁western ▁part ▁fell ▁in ▁the ▁ 5 th ▁century ▁AD . ▁In ▁ 5 7 1 ▁the ▁Lomb ards , ▁after ▁inv ading ▁the ▁Po ▁P lain , ▁went ▁down ▁the ▁Ap enn ines ▁and , ▁in ▁ 5 7 5 , ▁founded ▁the ▁Duch y ▁of ▁S pole to ▁in ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁Um b ria ▁and ▁the ▁neighbour ing ▁areas ; ▁this ▁state ▁remained ▁formally ▁independent ▁until ▁ 1 2 5 0 . ▁In ▁ 1 5 2 7 ▁T erni ▁was ▁used ▁a ▁camp ▁of ▁the ▁Land sk ne cht ▁army ▁that ▁would ▁subsequently