Antium

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Roman settlement ancient town

Antium was an ancient coastal town in Latium, Italy, notable as a resort and birthplace of several Roman emperors, including Caligula and Nero.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Antium, Italy 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman settlement ⓘ
ancient town ⓘ
afterConquestStatus Roman municipium ⓘ
ancientRoadConnection Via Antiatina ⓘ
Via Severiana ⓘ
archaeologicalRemains harbor structures ⓘ
temple foundations ⓘ
villa ruins ⓘ
birthplaceOf Caligula ⓘ
Maecenas ⓘ
surface form: Gaius Maecenas

Nero ⓘ
coastType rocky and sandy shoreline ⓘ
conqueredBy Roman Republic ⓘ
conqueredInYear 338 BC ⓘ
countryDuringRepublicPeriod Roman Republic ⓘ
countryDuringRomanPeriod Roman Empire ⓘ
declinePeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: late Roman Empire
distanceFromRome about 58 km south ⓘ
famousFor imperial residences ⓘ
luxury Roman villas ⓘ
functionInEmpire elite retreat ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus archaeological site ⓘ
hasPort harbor on Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
hasType coastal town ⓘ
integratedInto Roman state ⓘ
knownFor birthplace of Roman emperors ⓘ
seaside resort ⓘ
languageSpoken Latin ⓘ
laterStatus Roman colony ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
Latium ⓘ
locatedOn Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
mentionedBy Livy ⓘ
Pliny the Elder ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
Tacitus ⓘ
modernLocation Anzio ⓘ
Nettuno ⓘ
notableArtifactFrom Antium kouros ⓘ
statues of Apollo and other deities ⓘ
partOf Italia (Roman province) ⓘ
surface form: Roman Italy
peakProsperityPeriod early Roman Empire ⓘ
preRomanPeople Volsci ⓘ
region Lazio ⓘ
religiousSiteOf Temple of Fortuna ⓘ
Temple of Fortuna ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Venus
wasCapitalOf Volsci ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Caligula → birthPlace → Antium ⓘ
Lucius → birthPlace → Antium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antium, Italy
Nero → birthPlace → Antium ⓘ
Volsci → capital → Antium ⓘ
Latium → contains → Antium ⓘ
Volsci → majorSettlement → Antium ⓘ