Amiternum
Sign in to saveAmiternum was an ancient Sabine city, then Roman city and later bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see in the central Abruzzo region of modern Italy, located from L'Aquila. Amiternum was the birthplace of the historian Sallust (86 BC).
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Amiternum
- Ancient site.image
- 260px
- Ancient site.map_type
- Italy Abruzzo
- Ancient site.location
- L'Aquila, Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
- Ancient site.region
- Abruzzo
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.epochs
- Roman Republic - Byzantine Empire
- Ancient site.cultures
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient site.management
- Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell'Abruzzo
- Ancient site.website
- Area Archeologica Amiternum
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Roman city
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- L'Aquila
- Official website
- museonazionaledabruzzo.it
- Image
- Rovine di Amiternum.JPG
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- postal code
- 67010
- Commons category
- Amiternum
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- phone number
- +390862085900
- fax number
- +390862085900
- street address
- Frazione S. Vittorino - L'Aquila
- described at URL
- museonazionaledabruzzo.it
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Archaeology
- Ecclesiastical history
- Titular see
- References
- Further reading
- Sources and external links
Amiternum was an ancient Sabine city, then Roman city and later bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see in the central Abruzzo region of modern Italy, located from L'Aquila. Amiternum was the birthplace of the historian Sallust (86 BC).
==History== The site, in the upper Aterno valley, was one of the most important of Sabinum.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amiternum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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