Marsi is the Latin
exonym for an
Italic people of ancient
Italy, whose chief centre was
Marruvium, on the eastern shore of
Lake Fucinus (which was drained for agricultural land in the late 19th century). The area in which they lived is now called
Marsica. During the
Roman Republic, the people of the region spoke a language now termed Marsian in scholarly English. It is attested by several inscriptions and a few glosses. The
Linguist List classifies it as one of the
Umbrian Group of languages.