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Latium is the region of central western Italy in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire. Latium was originally a small triangle of fertile, volcanic soil on which resided the tribe of the Latins or Latians. It was located on the left bank (east and south) of the Tiber river, extending northward to the Anio river (a left-bank tributary of the Tiber) and southeastward to the Pomptina Palus ( Pontine Marshes, now the Pontine Fields) as far south as the Circeian promontory. The right bank of the Tiber was occupied by the Etruscan city of Veii, and the other borders were occupied by Italic tribes. Subsequently Rome defeated Veii and then its Italic neighbors, expanding Latium to the Apennine Mountains in the northeast and to the opposite end of the marsh in the southeast. The modern descendant, the Italian Regione of Lazio, also called Latium in Latin, and occasionally in modern English, is somewhat larger still, but not as much as double the original Latium.
The ancient language of the Latins, the tribesmen who occupied Latium, was to become the immediate predecessor of the Old Latin language, ancestor of Latin and the Romance languages. Latium has played an important role in history owing to its status as the host of the capital city of Rome, at one time the cultural and political centre of the Roman Empire. Consequently, Latium is home to celebrated works of art and architecture.
Latium can refer to:
- Latium, the region of ancient Italy in which Rome was situated
- Old Latium (Latium vetus), the most ancient section of Latium, tribal area of the Latini
- Latium adiectum, a territory added to Latium vetus by Roman conquest
- Ius Latium, a rule of law applicable to magistrates in ancient Latium
- Latin Settlement, communities in Texas founded by German refugees
- Latium, Texas, a German settlement in Texas
Usage examples of "latium".
An Oscan-speaking region, it comprised mainly mountainous country behind Latium, and extended to the Adriatic adjacent to Apulia.
Bria and Marrow, these are my friends in Xanth normal: Chex Centaur, Volney Vole, and Latia Curse Fiend.
The Trojan war itself is incorporated in the synthesis, so that the war in Latium emerges as a reenactment of that earlier war, replacing Hector with Aeneas, Helen with Lavinia, Priam with Evander, and both Achilles and Pyrrhus with Turnus, himself of Greek descent.
Deceptive letters being sent around Latium and the Volscian nation, a tumultuary army, hastily raised from all quarters, was assembled, for as they had not been present at the battle, they were more disposed to believe on slight grounds.
Creusa died in the flames of Troy, but her son did escape with Aeneas and Anchises, and did come to Latium.
Rex ipse, verendum Miratus pueri decus et prodentia fatum Lumina, primaevas dederat gestare faretras, Laudabatque manus librantem et tela gerentem Oblitus quod noster erat Pro nescia regis Corda, feris quanto populis discrimine constet Quod Latium docet arma ducem.
Even in the Principality of Latium, where Rome is located, they have no police powers unless they have been called in by the local authorities.