(340–330 BC) Latian bronze figure from the Sanctuary of Diana, Lake Nemi, Latium, (200–100 BC) Sarcophagus of Seianti Hanunia Tlesnasa from Chiusi, (150–140...
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The Latins were an ancient Italic people of the Latium region in central Italy (Latium Vetus, "Old Latium"), in the 1st millennium BC. Although they lived...
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the Latins inhabited the small region known to the Romans as Old Latium (in Latin Latium vetus), the area in the Italian Peninsula between the river Tiber...
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the feet of the Alban Hills, in the territory corresponding to the Old Latium. The area of the castles occupies a fertile volcanic area which has allowed...
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calderas along the rim of the Alban Hills that contain the lakes Albano and Nemi. The hills are composed of peperino (lapis albanus), a variety of tuff that...
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biotite, phlogopite and apatite. The type locality is Lake Nemi, Alban Hills, Rome Province, Latium, Italy. Occurrences include: Canary Islands: A pale blue...
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Books 1–6 (Aeneas' journey to Latium in Italy), commonly associated with Homer's Odyssey, and Books 7–12 (the war in Latium), mirroring the Iliad. These...
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the sacred forest of Aricia in Latium, her immemorial site, which was equally the grove of Diana Nemorensis ("Diana of Nemi"). At Aricia there was also a...
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kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Rome. It is in the Alban Hills of the Lazio (Latium) region and could be considered an extension of Rome's southeastern suburbs...
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Mountains and Monte Circeo; in short, all of Roman Latium. The marsh itself was located in Latium Novum, the eastern part of the region, which the Romans...
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