Alb(i)um Intimilium/Albintimilium
settlement · 550 BC – 1999 AD
Alb(i)um Intimilium/Albintimilium (modern Ventimiglia) was the main settlement of the Ligurian tribe of the Intemelii. In the 2nd century BC, it came under the control of the Roman Republic. Albintimilium became a municipium in 89 BC in the tribus Falerna. In the same period, the city walls were built, with several towers. The city flourished in the early Imperial period, with baths, an aqueduct, and a theater. In the 6th and early 7th century, it was a Byzantine kastron, coming under the control of the Longobards in 641. During the 7th and 8th centuries, the Roman city was slowly abandoned in favour of a smaller hilltop settlement focused around the Cathedral.
- Coordinates
- 43.78915, 7.62577
- Also known as
- Albintimilium, Albion Intemelion (grc), Albium Intimilium, Album Intimilium (la), Bintimilio (grc), Ventimiglia (it), Ventimiglia (it), Victimilium (la), Victimilium (la), Vintimilium (la), Vintimilium (la), oppidum Album Intimilium (la), Βιντιμιλίω (grc), Ἄλβιον Ἰντεμέλιον (grc), 알빈티밀리움 (ko)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0© OpenHistoricalMap contributors
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)