PRAETUTTII (also called IIpacrerrioi)  , a tribe of ancient Italy inhabiting the south of Picenum . Their territory lay between the rivers Vomanum and Tessinnus (Pliny iii . § 110), and therefore included Castrum Novum, Interamnia and the Truentus, as well as probably the original of Hadria . From this name was derived the medieval form A prutium (quoted by Kiepert in his Alte Geographic), and hence the modern Abruzzo (more commonly in the plural gli Abruzzi), denoting the whole central mountain land of Italy . We have no evidence, except their name, and that throws no light on their language, for separating them from the other inhabitants of Picenum (q.v.) . (R . S .