Cures (Italy)

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Cures was a city of the Sabines in ancient central Italy. It lay between the left bank of the Tiber and the Via Salaria about 24 miles north of Rome . The excavations are located on the hill of Santa Maria in Arci near Talocci, a district of Fara in Sabina . The modern districts of Corese Terra and Passo Corese are named after the ancient Cures.

Cures played a role in the legendary early history of Rome as the place of origin of the two Sabine kings Titus Tatius  and Numa Pompilius . The name of the hill Quirinal and the name Quirites for Roman citizens are said to have been derived from Cures. Archaeological is a settlement since the 9th century BC. Proven.

Since 290 BC Cures belonged to the Roman sphere of influence and was a municipality of the Sergia tribes , in which colonists were also settled in the late republic under Sulla and Caesar . A temple, a forum , a theater and thermal baths came from Roman times . In late antiquity, Cures became a bishopric (to which the titular bishopric of Cures Sabinorum of the Roman Catholic Church goes back). The city was destroyed by the Lombards at the end of the 6th century .

In several excavation campaigns, traces of huts from the Iron Age as well as the Roman Cures were uncovered. The Museo Civico Archeologico in Fara in Sabina is responsible for the finds and the documentation.

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Coordinates: 42 ° 11 '  N , 12 ° 41'  E