In Coriolanus, Coriolanus is banished to the Volscian city of Antium.
After Caius Marcius wins military glory against the Volscians and receives the name Coriolanus, he returns to Rome and seeks the consulship. His contempt for the plebeians brings him into conflict with the tribunes Brutus and Sicinius. When he attacks popular rule and refuses to moderate his position, the tribunes condemn him as a traitor and secure his banishment.
Coriolanus then travels to Antium, the Volscian capital, where he approaches his former enemy, Tullus Aufidius. Instead of killing him, Aufidius and the Volscians allow the exiled Roman general to join them. Coriolanus leads a campaign against Rome and nearly destroys his former city.
The alternatives can be confusing because Volsci names the people and Corioli is the city whose capture earned Marcius his surname. Antium is the destination of his exile. In the final act, his mother Volumnia persuades him to make peace with Rome, after which Volscian conspirators kill him at Antium.