Lake Vadimo
Template:Short description Lake Vadimo (Lat. Lacus Vadimo) was a small, partially dry, lake of volcanic origin whose waters now are almost fully underground[1] best known as the theatre for the battles between Etruscans and Romans in 310 and 283 BC, in both of which the Romans were victorious.
Background
It is near the ancient Etruscan town of Horta (modern Orte) in the province of Viterbo, in the lower Tiber Valley, not far from Rome.[2]
The Roman domination made the area a municipality of Horta (also Hortanum).[3]
According to Pliny the Younger, there were floating islands on the lake.[4]
References
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- ^ Cf. The True Story of Lake Vadimo Template:In lang - also called Lake Vadimone, or in Italian: Lago Vadimone.
- ^ The area was inhabited from the 6th century BC and called *Hurta: cf. Chiesa, Tarquinia: archeologia e prosopografia tra ellenismo e romanizzazione, 2006, p.267. — as testified by the findings in a necropolis nearby, now preserved in the Vatican Museums.
- ^ John Murray, A dictionary of Greek and Roman geography, Volume 1, 1873, p.1091
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Firth, J.B. "Pliny the Younger:Letters". Retrieved 2023-08-14.
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