Rudiae
Sign in to saveRudiae (Rusce in the local dialect; Ῥοδίαι in ancient Greek) was a former human settlement in late 9th or early 8th centuries BCE. It is presently an archaeological park beside the San Pietro in Lama that runs south-west from the city of Lecce. The place was identified as the former home of the poet Ennius by the Renaissance Humanist, Antonio de Ferraris.
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- Italy
- Located in
- Lecce
- Official website
- www.parcoarcheologicorudiae.it
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Rudiae (Rusce in the local dialect; Ῥοδίαι in ancient Greek) was a former human settlement in late 9th or early 8th centuries BCE. It is presently an archaeological park beside the San Pietro in Lama that runs south-west from the city of Lecce. The place was identified as the former home of the poet Ennius by the Renaissance Humanist, Antonio de Ferraris.
== Etymology == The name Rudiae is thought to derive from a Proto-Indo-European stem *roudh-io-, meaning 'red', a possible reference to the red-coloured soil of Apulia.
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