Nomentum

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Nomentum was an ancient town in Latium, northeast of Rome, known as a minor but historically significant settlement along important Roman roads.

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Label Occurrences
Nomentum canonical 4

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient town
archaeological site
settlement
administrativeUnit Regio IV Latium et Campania
connectedBy Via Nomentana
connectedTo Eretum
Rome
country Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
culturalSphere Italic peoples
Roman culture
declinePeriod Late Antiquity
hasArchaeologicalRemains foundations of buildings
inscriptions
tombs
walls
hasNearbyFeature Tiber River basin
linked to: Tiber basin
hasRoad local road network linking Sabine and Latin areas
hasType municipal town in Roman period
historicalPeriod Roman Empire
Roman Republic
knownFor location along important Roman roads
minor but historically significant settlement
language Latin
locatedIn Italy
Latium
locatedNortheastOf Rome
locatedOn a branch of the Via Salaria
mentionedBy Livy
Pliny the Elder
Strabo
modernMunicipality Mentana
near modern Mentana
partOf Roman Italy
Sabine territory
politicalStatus municipium under Rome
preRomanInhabitants Latins
Sabines
regionType Latin town
religion Roman paganism
role local center for surrounding rural area
strategicImportance controlled access routes northeast of Rome
terrain hills northeast of Rome
timeOfFlourishing 1st century BCE
1st century CE
2nd century CE

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Referenced by (4)

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

Via Nomentana connects Nomentum
Via Nomentana hasNameOrigin Nomentum
Latin League hasMember Nomentum