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[German version] River in   Latium vetus, rises by the montes Crustumini, flows c. 16 km before Rome into the  Tiber (Liv. 5,37,6-8); the Romans were defeated here by the Gauls on the XV Kalendis Sextilis in 390 BC (Eutr. 1,20; Diod. Sic. 14,114,1-7; 115,1 f.; Plut. Camillus 18,4-7; 19,1), since then dies nefas (  fasti ) (dies Alliensis: Liv. 6,1,28; Verg. Aen. 7,717; Tac. Hist. 2,91; Varro, Ling. 6,32; Luc. 7,408; Cic. Att. 9,5), followed by the festival of  Lucaria (Paul. Fest. 119; Varro Ling. 5,8; Macrob. Sat. 1,4,15). In 377…

[German version] Very old town in   Latium vetus (Tac. Ann. 4,5,3), about 5.5 km north of Rome (Str. 5,3,2), where the  Anio flows into the  Tiber ( ante amnem, thus its name: Varro, Ling. 5,28; Paul. Fest. 16,6; Serv. Aen. 7,631). Built by the  Siculi (Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. 1,16,5; Sil. Pun. 8,365 f.; Verg. Aen. 7,629-631), captured by Romulus (Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. 2,32,2 ff.; Liv. 1,9-11; Plut. Rom. 17), A. sided with  Porsenna in opposition to Rome (Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. 5,21,3). For the Augustan period, only a   villa is recorded (Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. 1,16; Str. …

[German version] Mountain in the Albanian mountain chain, today Artemisio, holy to  Diana (Hor. Carm. 1,21,6; Carm. saec. 69), seat of a  Fortuna sanctuary (Liv. 21,62,8). There was a modest settlement here at A. in the Augustan age (Str. 5,3,9). With the A. Pass (today Cava d'Aglio), over which the via Latina led, A. had strategic importance (Liv. 3,2,7; 23,5; 25,6; 27,8; 4,26,3 .6; Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. 10,21. 11,23. 28; Ov. Fast. 6,722) in the wars of Rome against the  Aequi (5th cent. BC). Covered by oak forests (Hor. Carm. 4,4,58), cold (Hor…

[German version] Small stream in the Campagna Romana, today Acquataccio, rises on the   mons Albanus , flows into the  Tiber (Ov. Met. 14,329); border of the Augustan   regio I. From 204 BC, the image of the  Mater Magna was cleaned on 27 March in the A. (Ov. Fast. 4,337-340; cf. Cic. Nat. D. 3,52; Luc. 1,600; Stat. Silv. 5,1,223. 8,365; Mart. 3,47,2). Quilici Gigli, Stefania (Rome) Bibliography A. Nibby, Analisi storico-topografica-antiquaria della Carta de Dintorni di Roma 1, 1848, 130-132 M. Scarsi, s. v. A., EV 1, 116.

[German version] River in the southern Latium, today Amaseno (Verg. Aen. 7,685; Vibius Sequester 20), that flows c. 6 km west of   Tarracina into the   mare Tyrrhenum . In antiquity, rich in water in the upper reaches (Verg. Aen. 11, 547 f.), slow-flowing in the Pontine plain, which contributed to marshes (Str. 5,3,6); in the Roman period estuary edged in wood. Quilici Gigli, Stefania (Rome) Bibliography M. Cancellieri, Le vie d'acqua dell'area pontina, in: Quaderni del centro di studio per l'archeologia etrusco-italica 12, 1986, 149-156.

[German version] Town in   Latium vetus (Tac. Ann. 4,5,3), captured by Tarquinius Priscus (Liv. 1,38,3-5); listed amongst the lost cities in Plin. HN 3,68. Supposedly located in the region of  Nomentum and  Tibur, but not yet archaeologically confirmed. Quilici Gigli, Stefania (Rome) Bibliography Ch. Hülsen, s. v. A., RE 1, 1827 L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli, Ficulea, 1993, 30.

[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Theatre | Coloniae Town in   Latium adiectum in the valley of the  Liris on the via Latina, 80 miles from Rome (It. Ant. 303,4; Tab. Peut. 6,2; Str. 5,3,9; Plin. HN 3,63; Ptol. 3,1,63,4; CIL X 5382), the modern Aquino. It was near A. that in 211 BC Hannibal set out across the river to march on Rome (Liv. 26,9,3). In the late republican era a rich   municipium (production of purple dye, Hor. Epist. 1,10,27) of the tribus Oufentina (Cic. Phil. 2,106; Stat. Sil. 8,405) and soon thereafter   colonia ( liber coloniarum 229). Birthplace of  I…

[German version] Area ( ager or campus) in  Latium between  Ostia,  Ardea and  Lanuvium (Cic. Div. 1,36; Liv. 8,12,2; Plut. Marius 35), accessible by a branch of the via Ostiensis; location of the  Pomonal (Fest. 296,15 ff.).  Marius and  Cicero owned estates in this area (Plut. loc. cit.; Cic. Att. 2,3,3). It is uncertain whether the Ager Solonius is identical with the Etruscan town of Solonium (Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. 2,37,2).  Pomona Quilici Gigli, Stefania (Rome) Bibliography A. Alföldi, Early Rome and the Latins, 1965, 233 G. Pisani Sartorio, S. Quilici Gigli, Trovamenti arcaici…

[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Tribus | Latini, Latium Old, important city in  Latium (Plin. HN 3,63; Dion. Hal. Ant. Rom. 5,61) at the 16th milestone of the   via Appia on   mons Albanus , modern Ariccia. (Tab. Peut. 6,1). Conquered by the Romans in 338 BC, A. became a   municipium of the   tribus Horatia . Substantial archaeological remains: town walls, alae temple from the republican era,  thermae. Nearby is a square stone-block-built viaduct (231 m). This was also the location of a temple of  Diana Nemorense (excavations) in the nemus Aricinum on the banks o…

[German version] Place in Latium, modern Affile, in the upper valley of the  Anio, south of Subiaco.   Municipium with senate and   seviri augustales , probably belonging to the tribus Aniensis (CIL XIV 3442-45). Surviving remnants of thermae, public and private buildings. Quilici Gigli, Stefania (Rome)

[German version] Settlement in   Latium vetus (Tac. Ann. 4,5,3), probably on Mons Aeflanus, the modern Monti di S. Angelo in Arcese, south of Tivoli. Fortfications were discovered there which would have allowed the  Anio valley to be closed off. Defensive structures mentioned in 211 BC (Liv. 26,9,9), no further record of it at the time of Pliny (Plin. HN 3,69); but the cult of  Bona Dea continued (CIL XIV 3530).  Fortifications Quilici Gigli, Stefania (Rome) Bibliography C. F. Giuliani, Tibur 2, 1966, 171-192.

[German version] [1] see Tiber see  Tiber Quilici Gigli, Stefania (Rome) [German version] [2] Canal between Aquae Albulae and the Anio Canal between  Aquae Albulae and the  Anio on the via Tiburtina (Vitr. De arch. 8,3,2; Str. 5,3,11; Mart. 1,12,2; Stat. Silv. 1,3,75), c. 24 km from Rome (Tab. Peut. 5,5). Quilici Gigli, Stefania (Rome) Bibliography Z. Mari, Tibur 3, 1983, 40, 316, 320, 378. [German version] [3] River in Picenum River in Picenum (Plin. HN 3,110); possibly identical with the present river Albula close to San Benedetto, which still needs to be doc…