CINGOLI (anc. Cingulum)  , a town of the Marches, Italy, in the province of Macerata, about 14 M . N.W. direct, and 17 M. by road, from the town of Macerata . Pop . (1901) 13,357 . The Gothic church of S . Esuperanzio contains interesting works of art . The town occupies the site of the ancient Cingulum, a town of Picenum, founded and strongly fortified by Caesar's lieutenant T . Labienus (probably on the site of an earlier village) in 63 B.c. at his own expense . Its lofty position (2300 ft.) made it of some importance in the civil wars, but otherwise little is heard of it . Under the empire it was a municipium .