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ANTEMNAE (Lat. ante amnem, sc. Aniene...

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 92 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANTEMNAE (See also:Lat. ante amnem, sc. Anienem; See also:Varro, See also:Ling. Lat. v. 28)  , an See also:ancient See also:village of See also:Latium, situated on the W. of the Via See also:Salaria, 2 M . N. of See also:Rome, where the Anio falls into the See also:Tiber . It is said to have been conquered by See also:Romulus after the See also:rape of the See also:Sabine See also:women, and to have assisted the Tarquins . Certainly it soon lost its See also:independence, and in See also:Strabo's See also:time was a See also:mere village . The site is one of See also:great strength, and is now occupied by a fort, in the construction of which traces of the See also:outer walls and of huts, and several See also:wells and a cistern, all belonging to the See also:primitive village, were discovered, and also the remains of a See also:villa of the end of the See also:Republic . See T . See also:Ashby in Papers of the See also:British School at Rome, iii . 14 .

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