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Eretum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2013

R. M. Ogilvie
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The ancient Sabine town of Eretum is said by the Peutinger Tabula to lie on the Via Salaria 14 m.p. from Fidenae (the modern Castel Giubileo) and by the Antonine Itinerary 18 m.p. from Rome. The distance is corroborated by Dionysius of Halicarnassus (A.R. 11.3) who puts it 140 stades = 17½ m.p. from Rome. Strabo (5.228) adds that it was close to the Tiber (ὑπὲρ τοῦ Τιβέρϵως κϵιμένην) where the Via Nomentana joins the Via Salaria. This last piece of evidence is misleading, since the Via Nomentana after Nomentum ran due north-east towards Monte Libretti and did not in fact join the Via Salaria.

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Papers of the British School at Rome , Volume 33 , November 1965 , pp. 70 - 112
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Copyright © British School at Rome 1965

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References

* Throughout this article grid references are given according to the Passo Corese map published by the Istituto Geografico Militare; the lettered reference is UG. I am deeply grateful to Mr. J. B. Ward-Perkins, Mrs. Anne Kahane, Miss Joyce Reynolds, Mr. D. E. Strong, Mr. A. J. Saint, Mr. D. M. Bailey, Mr. P. M. Branston, the numismatic and photographic departments of the Ashmolean Museum for their assistance, and to the Trustees of the Craven Fund.

Numbers in heavy type refer to the list of sites contained in Section 5, pp. 92–104.

1 L. A. Holland, Janus and the Bridge, 149.

2 There has been no systematic investigation of Cures since the survey by Ashby, , PBSR, iii, 1906, 35 fGoogle Scholar.

3 PBSR, iii, 1906, 74Google Scholar.

4 But see 23; Chaupy saw traces of ancient paving on the slopes below the church of S. Anthimus, but these are no longer visible.

5 Ashby, (RM, xxvii, 1912, 224 fGoogle Scholar.) reported two other ancient sites along this road (054687: Spot Height 46; and 054676: Spot Height 42) but does not give any details. Since I was unable to locate the sites I have not included them in the survey.

6 This trace may be part of the remains which Persichetti saw ‘north-east of Casale Nuovo’ on the line of the Via Salaria: see RM, xxiv, 1909, 126 ffGoogle Scholar. A small deposit on the other side of the pine-road may also be associated with it (18a).