Old Latium

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Old Latium was the ancient core region of Latium in central Italy, traditionally inhabited by the early Latins and centered around cities such as Alba Longa before the rise of Rome.

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Label Occurrences
Old Latium canonical 2
Roman Latium 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient geographical region
historical region
associatedWith Latin League sanctuary at Mons Albanus
associatedWithDeity Jupiter Latiaris
centeredAround Alba Longa
culturalLegacy foundation of Roman identity
origin area of Latin language
culture Latin culture
ethnicGroup Latins
hasArchaeologicalSites Alban Hills
Castelli Romani
surface form: Castelli Romani area
hasCapital Alba Longa
hasEthnonym Latin
surface form: Latini
historicalCoreOf Latium
historicalStatus absorbed by Roman state
knownFor Latin League
early Latin city-states
languageSpoken Latin
laterIncorporatedInto Italia (Roman province)
surface form: Roman Italy

Roman Republic
locatedEastOf Tyrrhenian Sea
locatedIn Italy
central Italy
locatedSouthOf Tiber
surface form: Tiber River
majorCity Alba Longa
Aricia
Gabii
Lanuvium
Lavinium
Praeneste
Tusculum
Velitrae
mentionedInSource Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Livy
Varro
neighboringRegion Campania
Etruria
Sabinum
partOf Latium
ancient Italy
politicalStructure federation of Latin cities
precedes Roman expansion in Latium
predecessorOf Old Latium self-linksurface differs
surface form: Roman Latium
religion Latin paganism
ancient Roman religion
timePeriod early first millennium BC
pre-Roman period
traditionalInhabitants Latins

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latium hasSubregion Old Latium
Old Latium predecessorOf Old Latium self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Roman Latium
Satricum historicalRegion Old Latium