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MARINO , a See also:town of See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Rome, 15 m . S.E. of it by See also:rail, and also accessible by electric .See also:tramway . Pop . (1901), 7307 . It is picturesquely situated on a See also:spur of the See also:Alban Hills, 1165 ft. above See also:sea level, and occupies the site of the See also:ancient Castrimoenium, a See also:municipium of no See also:great importance, though the surrounding See also:district, which now produces much See also:wine, is full of remains of ancient villas . The origin of the name is uncertain; perhaps it is derived from the See also:medieval Morena (itself derived from the Latin See also:Murena, from one of the See also:Roman owners of the district), a name originally given to the See also:lower ground between the 9th and 11th mile of the Via See also:Latina . In the See also:early 13th See also:century it belonged to the Frangipani See also:family, but passed into the hands of the See also:Orsini in 1266 . In 1378 a See also:battle took See also:place here between the partisans of See also:Urban VI. and those of the See also:anti-See also:pope See also:Clement VII. of See also:Geneva (the Orsini having taken the See also:side of the latter), who were, however, defeated; and in 1399 Marino was apparently under the Papacy . In 1408 it passed to the See also:Colonna family, to whom it still belongs . There are some remains of the medieval fortifications . See G . Tomassetti, La Via latina See also:net medio evo (Rome, 1886), p . 96 seq.; T . See also:Ashby, in Papers of the See also:British School at Rome, vol. iv . (1907) . (T . |
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