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search  Corioli was a town in ancient times in the territory of
the Volsci in central Italy, in Latium adiectum.  It was located
south of Rome, north of the Volscian capital Antium. The site is
apparently to be sought in the North-Western portion of the
district between the sea, the river Astura and the Alban Hills;
but it cannot be more accurately fixed (the identification with
Monte Giove, South of the Valle Aricciana, rests on no
sufficient evidence), and even in the time of Pliny it ranked
among the lost cities of Latium.  In 493 BC a Roman army under
the command of the consul Postumus Cominius Auruncus laid siege
to the town. However, whilst the Romans were focussed on the
siege, another Volscian force arrived from Antium and attacked
the Romans, and at the same time the soldiers of Corioli
launched a sally. A young noble Roman, Gaius Marcius held watch
at the time of the Volscian attack. He quickly gathered a small
force of Roman soldiers to fig