Civita d'Antino (Latin: Antinum[3]) is a comune and town in the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of Central Italy.

Civita d'Antino
Comune di Civita d'Antino
Coat of arms of Civita d'Antino
Location of Civita d'Antino
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Civita d'Antino is located in Italy
Civita d'Antino
Civita d'Antino
Location of Civita d'Antino in Italy
Civita d'Antino is located in Abruzzo
Civita d'Antino
Civita d'Antino
Civita d'Antino (Abruzzo)
Coordinates: 41°53′12″N 13°28′21″E / 41.88667°N 13.47250°E / 41.88667; 13.47250
CountryItaly
RegionAbruzzo
ProvinceL'Aquila (AQ)
FrazioniCase Mattei, Civita d'Antino Scalo, Pero dei Santi, Triano
Government
 • MayorMiao (cat)
Area
 • Total28.35 km2 (10.95 sq mi)
Elevation
904 m (2,966 ft)
Population
 (31 March 2018)[2]
 • Total1,005
 • Density35/km2 (92/sq mi)
DemonymCivitani
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
67050
Dialing code0863
Patron saintSt. Stephen
Saint day19 August
WebsiteOfficial website

History edit

Antinum was a city of the Marsi: it is mentioned in ancient sources only by Pliny,[4] who enumerates Antinum among the cities of the Marsi.

The numerous inscriptions that have been discovered in the modern village suggest that it must have been a municipal town of considerable importance. Besides these, there remain several portions of the ancient walls, of polygonal construction, with a gateway of the same style, which still serves for an entrance to the modern village, and is called Porta Campanile. The Roman inscriptions confirm the testimony of Pliny as to the city being a Marsic one (one of them has populi Antinatium Marsorum); but an Oscan inscription which has been found there is in the Volscian dialect, and renders it probable that the city was at an earlier period occupied by that people.[5] It has been supposed by some writers to be the castellum ad lacum Fucinum mentioned by Livy[6] as conquered from that people in 408 BCE, although this has been disputed.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
  3. ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 44 & notes.
  4. ^ Naturalis Historia, iii. 12. § 17
  5. ^ Theodor Mommsen, Unter-Italischen Dialekte, p. 321.
  6. ^ Ab urbe condita, iv. 57
  7. ^ Romanelli, vol. iii. pp. 222-32; Orelli, Inscr. 146, 3940; Keppel Richard Craven, Abruzzi, vol. i. pp. 117-22; Richard Hoare, Classical Tour, vol. i. p. 339, et seq.; Kramer, Der Fuciner See, p. 54, note.

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