Latium

Definition:

Latium was an area of ancient Italy that was home to the Latins. To the north of Latium was the Tiber River. The Apennine mountains lay to the east, and the Alban Hills to the south. The Tyrrhenian Sea lay to the west. After the Latins conquered the land of the Volscians, Hernici, Aequians, and other tribes, their land became part of Latium, which now reached from Etruria to Campania.

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References:

• A Smaller History of Rome, by William Smith.

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