\li105 \f1 \fs22 Founded by the peoples of Campania, the city was soon drawn into the political sphere of the Greek colony
of Cumae. Between 525 and 474 it came under \b \cf4 \ATXht56 Etruscan\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 influence, but after the defeat suffered by the Etruscans in the waters off Cumae, it came back under Greek rule (474-425 BC). At the end of the fifth century BC the
Samnites took it by storm. Later, after the defeat of the Samnites by the Romans, Pompeii was forced to accept the condition of a partner of Rome, while maintaining its autonomy, its own institutions, and its own language. \par
