place
Latium
also: Latin territory, ager Latinus
The plain south and southeast of Rome inhabited by the Latin peoples, often the theatre of Rome's early wars.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 3 §1 Latin territory
Latium, the plain south and east of Rome held by the Latin peoples, here raided by the Aequi.
- The History of Rome, Book 39 §4 Latium
The region of the Latin allies south of Rome, whose people were migrating to the city and inflating its census.