Alsium

Alsium (modern:

Antonine emperors) had villas there.^[3]^[4]^[5]

History

It is mentioned by

Etruscans).^[6] But no mention of it occurs in history as an Etruscan city, or during the wars of that people with Rome. In 247 BC a Roman colonia maritima^[7] was established there and which gave them exemption from all military service, which was, however, overruled during the exigencies of the Second Punic War.^[8]^[9] It is mentioned by Strabo, Pliny, and Ptolemy, and it still retained its colonial rank (from an inscription of the time of Caracalla), and corresponding municipal organisation.^[10]^[11]

It become a favourite resort with wealthy Romans as a place of retirement and pleasure;

Pompey the Great had a villa there, and Julius Caesar also, where he landed on his return from Africa, and at which all the nobles of Rome hastened to greet him.^[13] Another is mentioned as belonging to Lucius Verginius Rufus, the guardian of Pliny, and emperor Marcus Aurelius had a villa there, to which several of his epistles are addressed.^[14] At a later period the town itself had fallen into utter decay, but the site was still occupied by villas, as well as that of the neighbouring Pyrgi.^[15]

The site

The 17th century fort and mole at Palo Laziale use many ancient materials probably from the site of Alsium.

Northeast of Palo is a row of large mounds called I Monteroni, which belong to tombs of the Etruscan cemetery. Over more than a mile of the shore to the east of Palo Laziale is occupied by considerable remains of ancient villas of the most magnificent scale and style of construction^[4] one of which, just east of Palo, occupies an area of some 400 by 250 yards (370 by 230 m).^[3]

Notes

^ "Alsivm" http://www.cambridge.org/us/talbert/talbertdatabase/TPPlace1259.html
^ Quilici, L.; S. Quilici Gigli; DARMC; R. Talbert; S. Gillies; J. Åhlfeldt; J. Becker; T. Elliott. "Places: 422831 (Alsium)". Pleiades. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Chisholm 1911.
^ ^a ^b Smith 1854, p. 112.
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^ Smith 1854, p. 112 cites Dionysius i. 20

^ Livy 36.3.6

^ Smith 1854, p. 112 cites Velleius Paterculus i. 14; Livy xxvii. 38.

^ Patrick Bruun (1972). Studies in the romanization of Etruria. Aziende tipografiche eredi G. Bardi.

^ Smith 1854, p. 112 cites Strabo pp. 225, 226; Pliny iii. 5. s. 8; Ptolemy iii. 1. § 4; Gruter, Inscr. p. 271. 3.

^ Andrew Stephenson (1891). Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic. Johns Hopkins Press. pp. 60–.

^ Smith 1854, p. 112 cites maritimus et voluptarius locus: Fronto, Ep. p. 207, ed. Rom.

^ Smith 1854, p. 112 cites Cicero pro Milon. 20, ad Fam. ix. 6, ad Att. xiii. 50.

^ Smith 1854, p. 112 cites Pliny Ep. vi. 10; Fronto, Ep. pp. 205-15.

^ Smith 1854, p. 112 cites Rutilius Itin. i. 223 (English translation).

References

Attribution:

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Alsium". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 757. This cites G. Dennis, Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria, i. 219.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Alsium". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 1. London: John Murray. p. 112.

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[1] "Alsivm" http://www.cambridge.org/us/talbert/talbertdatabase/TPPlace1259.html

[2] Quilici, L.; S. Quilici Gigli; DARMC; R. Talbert; S. Gillies; J. Åhlfeldt; J. Becker; T. Elliott. "Places: 422831 (Alsium)". Pleiades. Retrieved October 18, 2015.

[FOOTNOTEChisholm1911-3] Chisholm 1911.

[FOOTNOTESmith1854112-4] Smith 1854, p. 112.

[Banti1973-5] ISBN 978-0-520-01910-2
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[6] Smith 1854, p. 112 cites Dionysius i. 20

[7] Livy 36.3.6

[8] Smith 1854, p. 112 cites Velleius Paterculus i. 14; Livy xxvii. 38.

[Bruun1972-9] Patrick Bruun (1972). Studies in the romanization of Etruria. Aziende tipografiche eredi G. Bardi.

[10] Smith 1854, p. 112 cites Strabo pp. 225, 226; Pliny iii. 5. s. 8; Ptolemy iii. 1. § 4; Gruter, Inscr. p. 271. 3.

[Stephenson1891-11] Andrew Stephenson (1891). Public Lands and Agrarian Laws of the Roman Republic. Johns Hopkins Press. pp. 60–.

[12] Smith 1854, p. 112 cites maritimus et voluptarius locus: Fronto, Ep. p. 207, ed. Rom.

[13] Smith 1854, p. 112 cites Cicero pro Milon. 20, ad Fam. ix. 6, ad Att. xiii. 50.

[14] Smith 1854, p. 112 cites Pliny Ep. vi. 10; Fronto, Ep. pp. 205-15.

[15] Smith 1854, p. 112 cites Rutilius Itin. i. 223 (English translation).

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