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LUCRETILIS See also: mountain of the See also: Sabine territory, mentioned by Horace (Od. i
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17, 1) as visible from his Sabine See also: farm, and probably identical with the " See also: Mons Lucretius " mentioned in the See also: Liber Pontificalis (ed
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Duchesne, i
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183), which speaks of " possessio in territorio Sahinensi quae cognominatur ad duas casas sub See also: monte Lucretio" in the See also: time of See also: Constantine
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The name " ad duas casas " is supposed to survive in the See also: chapel of the Madonna della Casa near Rocca Giovane, and the Mons Lucretilis is generally (and rightly) identified with Monte Gennaro, a See also: limestone See also: peak 4160 ft. high, which forms a prominent feature in the view N.E. of See also: Rome
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Excavations on the supposed site of Horace's farm were begun by Professor Pasqui in See also: September 1909
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