Arna (Umbria)

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Arna (Greek Ἄρνα) was an ancient city in the Italian countryside of Umbria . It was located at today's Civitella d'Arna , a district east of Perugia , on a hill above the Tiber . Some archaeological remains have been found there. Inscriptions attest to the presence of seviri Augustales and a duumvirn and quaestor of the city. Arna is mentioned by the ancient writers Pliny , Silius Italicus and Ptolemy . The titular diocese of Arna of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to a diocese of the city .

literature

  • Arna . In: William Smith (Ed.): Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London 1854 ( online ).

Remarks

  1. ↑ CIL 11, 5612 .
  2. ↑ CIL 11, 5614 .
  3. ↑ Pliny, naturalis historia 3, 113 .
  4. ↑ Silius Italicus, Punica 8, 456 .

Coordinates: 43 ° 8 '  N , 12 ° 29'  E