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LUCRETILIS MONS

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 107 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LUCRETILIS

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MONS  , a
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mountain of the
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Sabine territory, mentioned by
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Horace (Od. i . 17, 1) as visible from his Sabine
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farm, and probably identical with the "
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Mons
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Lucretius " mentioned in the
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Liber Pontificalis (ed .
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Duchesne, i . 183), which speaks of " possessio in territorio Sahinensi quae cognominatur ad duas casas sub
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monte Lucretio" in the
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time of
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Constantine . The name " ad duas casas " is supposed to survive in the
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chapel of the Madonna della Casa near Rocca Giovane, and the Mons Lucretilis is generally (and rightly) identified with Monte Gennaro, a
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limestone
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peak 4160 ft. high, which forms a prominent feature in the view N.E. of
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Rome . Excavations on the supposed site of Horace's farm were begun by
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Professor Pasqui in
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September 1909 . (T .

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