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Ethnolinguistic map of Italy in the Iron Age, before the Roman expansion and conquest of Italy. The Latins (Latin: Latinus (m.), Latina (f.), Latini (m. pl.)), sometimes known as the Latials or Latians, were an Italic tribe which included the early inhabitants of the city of Rome (see Roman people).
Article History. Latium. Related Topics: Latin League. Related Places: Italy. Alba Longa. Latium, ancient area in west-central Italy, originally limited to the territory around the Alban Hills, but extending by about 500 bce south of the Tiber River as far as the promontory of Mount Circeo.
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Map of Map of Ancient Italy with the neighboring countries subject to the Romans. This map shows the names of provinces in Latin, including Etruria, Latium, Campania, Umbria, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Calabria, Lucania, and Ager, with neighboring countries including Illyricum, Sal Pine Gaul, Noricum, Vin Delicia, and others.
Alba Longa, ancient city of Latium, Italy, in the Alban Hills about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Rome, near present Castel Gandolfo. Tradition attributes its founding (c. 1152 bce) to Ascanius, the son of the legendary Aeneas, thus making it, according to legend at least, the oldest Latin city,
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Gary Edward Forsythe. Ancient Rome - Latin League, Republic, Empire: Although the Latins dwelled in politically independent towns, their common language and culture produced cooperation in religion, law, and warfare. All Latins could participate in the cults of commonly worshiped divinities, such as the cult of the Penates of Lavinium, Juno of ...
Maps of the ancient Mediterranean world designed especially for use in university- and secondary-level courses in History, Classical Literature, Latin, and Ancient Greek. Each of the maps on this page is available in multiple versions, including ones suitable for map quizzes.
