Lorium
Lorium was an ancient village of ancient Etruria, Italy, along the Via Aurelia, 19 km west of Rome.[1][2] The 15th emperor of the Roman Empire, Antoninus Pius, who was educated here, afterwards built a palace, in which he died.[3] It was also a favorite haunt of Pius' successor as emperor, Marcus Aurelius.[4]
Remains of ancient buildings exist in the neighborhood of the road on each side (near the modern ) and remains of tombs, inscriptions, etc., were excavated in 1823–1824. Parts of an elite villa have been excavated near Castel di Guido as well.[5] Three or four kilometres farther west was probably the post-station of , where inscriptions show that some sailors of the fleet were stationed; no doubt a detachment of those at Centumcellae, which was reached by this road.
References[]
- ^ "Lorio" http://www.cambridge.org/us/talbert/talbertdatabase/TPPlace1245.html
- ^ Quilici, L., S. Quilici Gigli, DARMC, R. Talbert, S. Gillies, J. Åhlfeldt, J. Becker, T. Elliott. "Places: 422963 (Lorium)". Pleiades. Retrieved October 18, 2015.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ John H. Humphrey (1986). Roman Circuses: Arenas for Chariot Racing. University of California Press. pp. 567–. ISBN 978-0-520-04921-5.
- ^ Michael Petrus Josephus Van Den Hout; Marco Cornelio Frontón (1999). A Commentary on the Letters of M. Cornelius Fronto. BRILL. pp. 93–. ISBN 90-04-10957-9.
- ^ Annalisa Marzano (2007). Roman Villas in Central Italy: A Social and Economic History. BRILL. pp. 311–. ISBN 90-04-16037-X.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lorium". Encyclopædia Britannica. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 9.
- Ancient Italian history
- Roman towns and cities in Italy
- Etruria