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See also:ARICIA (mod. Ariccia)
, an See also:ancient See also:city of See also:Latium, on the Via See also:Appia, 16 m
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S.E. of See also:Rome
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The old See also:town, or at any See also:rate its See also:acropolis, now occupied by the See also:modern town, See also:lay high (1350 ft. above See also:sea-level) above the circular See also:Valle Aricciana, which is probably an See also:extinct volcanic See also:crater; some remains of its fortifications, consisting of a See also:mound of See also:earth supported on each See also:side by a See also:wall of rectangular blocks of See also:peperino See also: In 338 B.C. it was conquered by C . See also:Maenius and became a civitas sine suffragio, but was soon given full rights . Even in the imperial period its See also:chief See also:magistrate was styled See also:dictator, and its See also:council senatus, and it preserved its own See also:calendar of festivals . Its vegetables and See also:wine were famous, and the See also:district is still fertile . (T . |
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