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Ferentium
Sign in to saveFerentium was a town of ancient Etruria, situated near the modern city of Viterbo in the northern part of the Roman province of Latium, now in modern Lazio. The city was also known as Ferentinum, Ferentum or Ferentia, and should not be confused with ancient Ferentinum (now Ferentino), which is in southern Lazio.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Ferentium
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Ferentum
- Ancient site.map_type
- Italy Lazio
- Ancient site.region
- Lazio (Province of Viterbo)
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.cultures
- Etruscan
- Ancient site.excavations
- yes
- Ancient site.condition
- ruined
- Ancient site.public_access
- yes
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- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Roman Italy
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Image
- (Claudius Ziehr) Ferento 01.jpg
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Ferentium was a town of ancient Etruria, situated near the modern city of Viterbo in the northern part of the Roman province of Latium, now in modern Lazio. The city was also known as Ferentinum, Ferentum or Ferentia, and should not be confused with ancient Ferentinum (now Ferentino), which is in southern Lazio.
==History== Ferentium had an Etruscan predecessor at modern Acquarossa, as shown by the presence of a necropolis. In the Roman period, the city was a municipium of the Stellatina tribe and part of the seventh regio of the province of Italia. Several famous families came from the city, including that of the Roman emperor Otho and Flavia Domitilla, the wife of the emperor Vespasian. Either she or her identically named daughter were worshipped as diva Domitilla.