Arpino
Sign in to saveArpino (Southern Latian dialect: ) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Frosinone, in the Latin Valley, region of Lazio in central Italy, about 100 km SE of Rome. Its Roman name was Arpinum. The town produced two consuls of the Roman Republic: Gaius Marius and Marcus Tullius Cicero.
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Arpino is a small town in central Italy, located in the province of Frosinone near Rome, that was known in ancient Roman times as Arpinum. It holds historical significance because two of Rome's most important figures—the military commander Gaius Marius and the famous orator and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero—were both born there and went on to serve as consuls of the Roman Republic.
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- Arpino
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Arpino
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Arpino_panorama.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of Arpino
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- arpino-Stemma.png
- Italian comune.region
- Lazio
- Italian comune.province
- Frosinone (FR)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Vittorio Sgarbi (2023-Present)
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 55
- Italian comune.population_total
- 7150
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 December 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Arpinati
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Arpino (Southern Latian dialect: ) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Frosinone, in the Latin Valley, region of Lazio in central Italy, about 100 km SE of Rome. Its Roman name was Arpinum. The town produced two consuls of the Roman Republic: Gaius Marius and Marcus Tullius Cicero.
==History== thumb|right|Pointed arch in the walls. The ancient city of Arpinum dates back to at least the 7th century BC. Connected with the Pelasgi, the Volsci and Samnite people, it was captured by the Romans and granted civitas sine suffragio in 305 BC. The city received voting rights in Roman elections in 188 BC and the status of a municipium in 90 BC after the Social War.