Praeneste

sanctuary · 750 BC – 2100 AD

An ancient city of central Italy, the eighth and seventh century B.C. origins of which demonstrate high-level trade contact with the Eastern Mediterranean world. The city withdrew from the Latin League (499 B.C.) and opposed Rome in the Latin war; Cincinnatus eventually subdued Praeneste. Sulla founded a new colony there in the first century B.C.

Coordinates

41.83948, 12.89231

Also known as

Palestrina (it), Palestrina (it), Polystephanus (grc), Praenestini (la), Praenestini (la), Praineston (grc), Prainestós (grc), Preneste (la), Preneste (la), Πολυστέφανος (grc), Πραίνεστον (grc), Πραινεστός (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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