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Lucus Feroniae

Coordinates: 42°07′48″N 12°35′48″E / 42.13000°N 12.59667°E / 42.13000; 12.59667
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Lucus Feroniae
View of the archaeological site of Lucus Feroniae
Lucus Feroniae is located in Lazio
Lucus Feroniae
Shown within Lazio
LocationLazio, Italy
RegionProvincia di Roma
Coordinates42°07′48″N 12°35′48″E / 42.13000°N 12.59667°E / 42.13000; 12.59667
TypeSettlement
History
PeriodsRoman Republic Roman Empire
CulturesAncient Rome
Site notes
Excavation datesyes
Public accessyes

Lucus Feroniae was an ancient sacred grove ("lucus") dedicated to the Sabine goddess Feronia. It was located in Etruria, across the ancient Via Tiberina, in what is now the territory of the modern commune of Capena, Lazio, next to the border with the neighbouring comune of Fiano Romano.[1]

It was visited both by Latins and Sabines even in the time of Tullus Hostilius and was plundered by Hannibal in 211 BCE. In Imperial times it became an independent community receiving a colony of Octavian's veterans (Colonia Iulia felix Lucoferensis) and possessing an amphitheatre, capable of housing up to 5,000 spectators, a basilica, a forum, baths and numerous other edifices. See Feronia (Etruria).

A museum houses parts of statues, some of them with interchangeable hands and heads, depending from the current emperor ruling.

Roman amphitheater of Lucus Feroniae

The villa of the Volusii Saturnini is located nearby.[2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Harris, W., DARMC, R. Talbert, S. Gillies, T. Elliott, J. Becker. "Places: 413184 (Lucus Feroniae)". Pleiades. Retrieved December 18, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Annalisa Marzano (2007). Roman Villas in Central Italy: A Social and Economic History. BRILL. pp. 181–. ISBN 90-04-16037-X.
  3. ^ Penelope Goodman (7 November 2006). The Roman City and Its Periphery: From Rome to Gaul. Routledge. pp. 52–. ISBN 978-1-134-30335-9.
  4. ^ http://www.etruriameridionale.beniculturali.it/index.php?it/188/descrizione
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