Algidum
Algidum (
Ancient Greek: Ἄλγιδος)[1] was a town in ancient Italy at the foot of Mount Algidus on the Via Latina
.
Geography
It was located near the border between the territory of ancient Latium and the territory of the Aequi.
Architecture
It housed a temple to Diana.[2]
History
In 465 BC, it was the site of a
Roman forces led by the consuls Quintus Fabius Vibulanus and Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus and the Aequi
, which resulted in a victory for the Romans.
In 431 BC, armies from the Aequi and
dictator.[4] On the 18th of June, Postumius launched an attack on the Aequi and Volsci, and succeeded in dislodging them.[5] In 419/418 BC, the Aequi and Labicani briefly occupied the city.[6]
Primary sources
- Strabo, Geography, 5.3.9
- Livy, Ab urbe condita, 3.2.
Bibliography
- Foster, B.O. (1984). Livy: History of Rome. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674991484.
- Rudd, Niall (2015). Odes and Epodes. Harvard University Press. .
References
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, § A69.18
- ^ Rudd 2015, p. 266.
- ^ Foster 1984, p. 341.
- ^ Foster 1984, pp. 341–342.
- ^ Foster 1984, p. 353.
- ^ Foster 1984, p. 405.
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