Simbruinus ager(66 words)
[German version]
Territory (Frontin. Aq. 15,1) of the Aequi at the foot of the colles Simbruini (Tac. Ann. 11,13,2) in the valley of the upper Anio which was blocked by reservoir dams to create the “stagna Simbruina” ("the Simbruine Lake", Tac. Ann. 14,22; cf. Sil. Pun. 8,368 f.) for Nero's villa at Sublaqueum (modern Subiaco).
Uggeri, Giovanni (Florence)
Bibliography
M. G. Fiore Cavaliere, Sublaqueum - Subiaco, 1994.
Cite this page
Uggeri, Giovanni (Florence),
“Simbruinus ager”, 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.
Consulted online on 01 April 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1113390>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
▲ Back to top ▲