Town in Umbria between Tiber and Nera, on the via Amerina (a branch of the via Cassia, which led to Tuder) 56 miles out from Rome (CIL IX 5833), today Amelia (Terni). According to Cato very old (HRR Cato fr. 49; Plin. HN 3,114). 406 m high chalk walls, which especially on the north side offer protection; these were strengthened with massive polygonal masonry. Municipium of the tribus Clustumina. Cults of Jupiter, Mars, Fortuna and seviri augu…
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Uggeri, Giovanni (Florence) and
Olshausen, Eckart (Stuttgart),
“Ameria”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
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