The second town of the Falisci, Fescennium, or Fescennia, or Fascenium, as Dionysius calls it, was founded, like Falerii, by the Siculi, who were driven out by the Pelasgi; traces of which latter race were still extant in Dionysius' day, in the warlike tactics, the Argolic shields and spears, the religious rites and ceremonies, and in the construction and furniture of the temples of the Falisci. This Argive or Pelasgic origin of Fescennium, as well as of Falerii, is confirmed by Solinus. Virgil mentions Fescennium as sending her hosts to the assistance of Turnus; but no notice of it, which can be regarded as historical, has come down to us; and it is probable that, as a Faliscan town, it followed the fortunes and fate of Falerii. It was a Roman colony in the time of Pliny. We know only this in addition, that here are said to have originated the songs, which from an early period were in use among the Romans at their nuptials; and which were sung also by the peasantry in alternate extempore verses, full of banter and raillery.