Falacrinae

Falacrinae (also Vicus Phalacrinae ) was an ancient settlement in Italy in the area of the Sabines . It was probably located in the Collicelle district of today's Italian municipality of Cittareale , where excavations have been carried out since 2005 under the direction of Giovanna Alvino of the Lazio Monument Authority .

Falacrinae was on the Via Salaria , one of the most important north-south connections in ancient Italy. The future Emperor Vespasian was born in Falacrinae in 9 AD .

There has been much discussion in Italy about the exact location of Falacrinae. The humanist and bishop of Rieti , Mariano Vittori (1518–1572), in his book De antiquitatibus Italiae et urbis Reatis , revised the opinion that had been widespread until then that Falacrinae was between Greccio and Contigliano , at the site of the Rocca di Alatri castle ruins . He located the location of Falacrinae near the church of San Silvestro in Cittareale. Nevertheless, the inhabitants of Amatrice , also located in the province of Rieti on the Via Salaria, claimed that Falacrinae could be found in their municipality in the district of Torrita. Other places on the Via Salaria, such as Antrodoco , and in the Sabine Mountains , such as Paganico Sabino , also claimed to be the successors of Falacrinae.

literature

Gerhard Radke: Falacrinae. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, column 508.

Web links

Cittareale (results of the excavations in Cittareale from 2006, Italian)
Vincenzo Di Flavio: Atti Del Congresso Internazionale Di Studi Vespasianei. In: cittareale.it. September 1979, archived from the original on March 29, 2012 (Italian, about the location of Falacrinae).; accessed on November 14, 2019

Remarks

↑ Itinerarium Antonini 307.3.
↑ Suetonius , Vespasian 2,1. During excavations since 2007, British and Italian archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a large villa near Cittareale, which they presumably identify with Vespasian's birthplace: Birthplace of Roman emperor 'found' in Lazio , January 27, 2010.

42.593611111111 13.170555555556 821Coordinates: 42 ° 36 ' N , 13 ° 10' E

[1] Itinerarium Antonini 307.3.

[2] Suetonius , Vespasian 2,1. During excavations since 2007, British and Italian archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a large villa near Cittareale, which they presumably identify with Vespasian's birthplace: Birthplace of Roman emperor 'found' in Lazio , January 27, 2010.