Comune di Sarsina
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Emilia-Romagna
Province	Forlì-Cesena (FC)
Mayor
Elevation	243 m
Area	100 km²
Population
- Total (as of December 31, 2000)	3,662
- Density	37/km²
Time zone	CET, UTC+1
Coordinates	43°55′N 12°09′E
Gentilic	Sarsinati
Dialing code	0547
Postal code	47027
Frazioni	Calbano, Quarto, Ranchio, Sorbano, Tezzo, Turrito
Patron	San Vicinio
- Day	August 28
Website: www.comune.sarsina.fo.it

Sarsina (formerly Sassina) is an Italian town and commune in the province of Forlì-Cesena, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. Image File history File links Sarsina-Stemma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Provinces of Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Forlì-Cesena (It. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other subdivisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... Forlì-Cesena (It. ... Provinces of Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. ...

History

Ancient Sassina was a town of the Umbri, captured by Cornelius Scipio in 271 BCE and was later a municipium. In 266 BCE both Roman consuls, on different dates, celebrated a triumph over the Sassinates, as is recorded in the Fasti, and in the enumeration of the Italian allies of the Romans in 225 BCE the Umbri and Sassinates are mentioned, on an equal footing, as providing 20,000 men between them. It is possible that the tribus Sapinia (the name of which is derived from the river Sapis) mentioned by Livy in the account of the Roman marches against the Boii in 201 BCE and 196 BCE formed a part of the Sassinates. The Umbri, also called Umbrians in English, were an ancient Italic tribe. ... A municipium was the second highest class of a Roman city, and was inferior in status to the colonia. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 310s BC 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC - 260s BC - 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 271 BC 270 BC 269 BC 268 BC 267 BC 266 BC - 265 BC 264 BC 263... Consul (abbrev. ... A Roman Triumph was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publicly honour the military commander (dux) of a notably successful foreign war or campaign and to display the glories of Roman victory. ... (Redirected from 225 BCE) Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC - 220s BC - 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC Years: 230 BC 229 BC 228 BC 227 BC 226 BC - 225 BC... The Umbri, also called Umbrians in English, were an ancient Italic tribe. ... A portrait of Titus Livius made long after his death. ... A map of Gaul showing the relative position of the Boii tribe. ... Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 250s BC 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC - 200s BC - 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC Years: 206 BC 205 BC 204 BC 203 BC 202 BC - 201 BC - 200 BC 199 BC... Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 240s BC 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC - 190s BC - 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC 140s BC Years: 201 BC 200 BC 199 BC 198 BC 197 BC - 196 BC - 195 BC 194 BC...

The poet Plautus was a native of Sassina. The town was of some importance, as inscriptions show; these are preserved in the local museum. Its milk is frequently mentioned; it was the centre of a pasture district and it provided a number of recruits for the Praetorian guard. Titus Maccius Plautus (born at Sarsina, Umbria in 254 B.C.) was a comic playwright in the time of the Roman Republic. ... The Praetorian Guard of Augustus - 1st century. ...

In the 10th century the bishops obtained the temporal sovereignty of the city and the surrounding district, which thus became a prince-bishopric. From 1327 till 1400 it was disputed for by the Ordelaffi of Forlì, the popes and the bishops. In the fifteenth century it was subject in turn to the Malatesta family of Cesena, and then to the Malatesta branch of Rimini, from whom it was taken by Cesare Borgia (1500-03), on whose death it was captured by the Venetians (1503-09). In 1518 it was enfeoffed to the Pio di Meldola, passing later to the Aldobrandini. A Prince-Bishop is a bishop who is a territorial prince of the church on account of one or more secular principalities, usually pre-existent nobiliary titles held concurrently with their inherent clerical office. ... Forlì, 44°13′ N 12°02′ E, is a comune and city in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, the seat of the province of Forlì. Its 110,209 inhabitants are Forlivesi, because in Antiquity it was called Forum Livii: the legend that would make its founder the consul Livius Salinator, who confronted... Country Italy Region Emilia-Romagna Province Forlì-Cesena (FC) Mayor Nadia Masini (since June 14, 2004) Elevation 34 m Area 228 km² Population  - Total 110,209  - Density 472/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Forlivesi Dialing code 0543 Postal code 47100 Frazioni see list Patron Beata Vergine del... The House of Malatesta was an Italian family which ruled over Rimini from 1295 until 1500. ... Cesena (ancient Caesena) is a city in the Italy, south of Ravenna and west of Rimini, on the Savio River, population (july 2004) 93,110, co-chief of the Province of Forli-Cesena. ... Cesare Borgia. ... The Aldobrandini were an undistinguished Florentine family whose Roman fortunes were made when Ippolito Aldobrandini became pope under the name Pope Clement VIII, who arranged the marriage that linked the Aldobrandini with the Roman familiy of Pamphili. ...

See also:

• Bishopric of Sassina

The Bishopric of Sassina is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, with see in Sassina. ...

Main sights

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Remains of several ancient buildings, one of which was probably the public baths, temples and fortifications and urns, pillars, bronze objects, etc found there show that this town was important in ancient days. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ...

The Cathedral is a noteworthy monument of the 8th century CE. [Sarsina Cathedral:[1],[2]]

The Sanctuary of San Vicinio is a place of veneration.

Economy

Besides agriculture and cattle-raising, the principal employments of the population are the sulphur and manganese industries. There are some deposits of fossilized carbon and various sulphur springs.

Sources

• This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia.
• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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Links

• Comune di Sarsina:[3]
• City of Sarsina:[4]