Lavinium

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Lavinium was an ancient coastal city of Latium in central Italy, traditionally associated with the legendary landing of Aeneas and the early origins of Roman religious cults.

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Label Occurrences
Lavinium canonical 6
Sanctuary in Lavinium 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
mythological figure
archaeologicalExcavationsBegan 20th century
associatedWith Aeneas
Roman religion
surface form: Roman mythology

cult of Aeneas
cult of Vesta
cult of the Lares
cult of the Penates
early Roman religious cults
legendary landing of Aeneas
connectedByRoad Via Laurentina
country Italy
culture Latin
distanceFrom about 20 km south of Rome
flourishedDuring Archaic period
Roman Republic
surface form: Republican Rome
hadSanctuary hero shrine of Aeneas
sanctuary of the Thirteen Altars
hadStructure tumulus traditionally identified as the tomb of Aeneas
hasRole foundation site in Roman foundation legends
important religious center for early Rome
locatedIn Latium
Central Italy
surface form: central Italy

coastal area of Latium
Metropolitan City of Rome Capital
surface form: metropolitan city of Rome
locatedNear Tyrrhenian Sea
mentionedBy Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Livy
Virgil
surface form: Vergil
mentionedIn Virgil's Aeneid
surface form: Aeneid
modernArchaeologicalPark Parco del Litorale Romano
surface form: Archaeological Area of Lavinium
namedAfter Lavinia
nearbySettlement Laurentum
partOf Ager Laurens
legendary origins of Rome
politicalStatus Latin city
proximityTo modern Pratica di Mare
religiousAssociation Penates of Troy
Trojan heritage of Rome
religiousFunction custodian of Rome’s ancestral cults
site of annual Roman state sacrifices
religiousSignificanceFor Roman state
spouseOf Aeneas
timePeriod Iron Age to Roman Imperial period
traditionalFounder Aeneas

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Latium contains Lavinium
Aeneas founds Lavinium
Ascanius associatedWithPlace Lavinium
Penates hadPublicCultAt Lavinium
this entity surface form: Sanctuary in Lavinium
Old Latium majorCity Lavinium
Via Severiana passesThrough Lavinium