Tusculum

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Tusculum was an ancient Roman city in the Alban Hills southeast of Rome, known as a wealthy aristocratic center and the site of notable villas and political activity.

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Tusculum canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman city
archaeological site
archaeologicalExcavationsBegan 19th century
associatedAuthor Cicero
associatedWork Tusculanae Disputationes
country Italy
culture Latin
currentCondition ruins
destroyedBy Romans of the Commune of Rome
destroyedIn 1191
elevation about 670 metres above sea level
foundedBy Latins
grantedRomanCitizenshipToInhabitants 1st century BC
hadTypeOfBuilding Roman theatre
amphitheatre
city walls
forum
temples
hasRemainsOf city walls
forum area
theatre
villas
heritageDesignation protected archaeological area
knownFor Roman political activity
aristocratic villas
wealthy aristocratic center
locatedIn Alban Hills
locatedNear Monte Tuscolo
modern town of Frascati
locatedSoutheastOf Rome
medievalLordship Counts of Tusculum
notableResident Cato the Elder
Cicero
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
surface form: Lucullus

Cato the Younger
surface form: Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis

Tiberius
other Roman aristocrats
partOf Latium
Roman Campagna
politicalAllegiance supporter of Rome in Latin War
prosperedDuring Roman Empire
Roman Republic
reasonForDestruction political conflict with Rome
receivedRomanCitizenship 338 BC
siteOf Cicero's villa
Cicero's villa
surface form: Tusculan villa of Cicero
statusInRomanPeriod Roman colonia
municipium
timeOfFoundation early first millennium BC
touristAttraction yes

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Latium contains Tusculum
De oratore settingLocation Tusculum
Terentia residence Tusculum
Old Latium majorCity Tusculum
Cato the Elder birthPlace Tusculum
Latin League hasMember Tusculum