Amiternum: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Topics

Amphitheatre Archaeology aqueduct catacomb Sabine Pompeii Herculaneum Magna Graecia Capua Alba Longa Ostia Paestum Sybaris Campus Martius Praeneste

Rolling green hills and farmland in the Abruzzo countryside of central Italy, with a white bridge spanning a valley and the blue Adriatic Sea in the background.

Abruzzi

region, Italy

Italy

country, Europe

Roman Forum

ancient Rome

ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia

Key People

default image

Sallust

Roman historian

Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

History Buff Quiz