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Map 42 Arretium-Asculum Compiled by W.V Map 42 Arretium-Asculum Compiled by W.V. Harris, 1995 Introduction As elsewhere in Italy, there are innumerable modern place names here of obviously ancient origin, such as Dicomano (= decumanus) on the R. Sieve, Traiana northwest of Arezzo (cf. Pieri 1919, 154, not as simple a case as it may seem), and Fiamignano (= *Flaminianum) in the Cicolano region. Such places are omitted from the map unless there is known to have been an ancient settlement on the site that merits marking. Where a modern name is attached to a site, naturally the placement of its symbol may not necessarily correspond with the exact site of the modern settlement: thus the symbols for Murlo and Allumiere, for example, mark the relevant ancient sites, not the modern villages. A modern name that seems to correspond to an ancient one is in fact often a “learned” imposition, which may be justified (as in the case of Corfinio), or not (as in the case of Casperia, which appears among the Unlocated Toponyms). Further research in medieval and early-modern documents and maps may well bring to light traces of the many unlocated ancient toponyms. Since settlements changed in size from period to period, it is impossible to indicate the beginnings of urbanization, which may in any case be quite problematic (as in Picenum). Hilltop forts have been marked in a very selective fashion, and only when they are at least two hectares in extent. Numerous rural sanctuaries are known in some areas (Rastrelli 1992), but it is doubtful whether they were of more than purely local importance, and thus they have been omitted. The hydrographic history of the Val di Chiana (B2) needs further study, and its depiction here can only be tentative. Contradictory information, not to mention the vagaries of TabPeut, sometimes makes it impossible to locate road stations. It has to be acknowledged that much remains unknown or hypothetical, and the temptation to invent ancient roads, however plausible (in the manner of Degrassi 1983; Staffa 1983; and others), must be resisted. The hypotheses advanced in RE Suppl. 13 Viae publicae Romanae are emphatically not reflected on the map for the reasons sketched by Wiseman (1970) and others. The only bridges marked are those that may be considered important, based on their size or their association with the course of a major road. Here, as elsewhere in central Italy, recent scholarship has not always been sufficiently critical in detecting centuriation (note Moscatelli 1990, fig. 2; most of Moscatelli 1993 is to be firmly rejected). Most of the authentic centuriation marked was already known to Castagnoli (1958). Centuriation attested only by the unreliable Liber coloniarum has not been marked in the absence of confirmation from aerial photography or other means. The “cippo di Amandola” (Bonvicini 1972, 201-202) shows that in the upper Val di Tenna (E2-F2) there was centuriation which can hardly have been strictly rectangular. 606 MAP 42 ARRETIUM-ASCULUM Directory All place names are in Italy Abbreviations ASAT M. Torelli (ed.), Atlante dei siti archeologici della Toscana, Florence and Rome, 1992 Chieti 1990 Chieti e la sua provincia, Chieti, 1990 Cupra Marittima 1993 Cupra Marittima e il suo territorio in età antica, Atti del convegno di studi, Picus Suppl. 2, Tivoli, 1993 EA Città di Castello D. Diringer (ed.), Edizione archeologica della Carta d’Italia al 100.000. Foglio 115. Città di Castello, Florence, 1930 EA Mercato Saraceno D. Diringer and G.A. Mansuelli (eds.), Edizione archeologica della Carta d’Italia al 100.000. Foglio 108. Mercato Saraceno, Florence, 1954 EA Téramo G. Cerulli Irelli (ed.), Edizione archeologica della Carta d’Italia al 100.000. Foglio 140. Téramo, Florence, 1971 FormIt Cures Sabini M.P. Muzzioli, Forma Italiae: Cures Sabini (regio IV, vol. 2), Florence, 1980 FormIt Superaequum F. Van Wonterghem, Forma Italiae: Superaequum–Corfinium–Sulmo (regio IV, vol. 1), Florence, 1984 FormIt Trea U. Moscatelli, Forma Italiae: Trea (vol. 33), Florence, 1988 FormIt Tuder-Carsulae G. Becatti, Forma Italiae: Tuder-Carsulae (regio VI, vol. 1), Rome, 1938 FormIt Tuscana S. Quilici Gigli, Forma Italiae: Tuscana (regio VII, vol. 2), Rome, 1970 FormIt Vicus Matrini M. Andreussi, Forma Italiae: Vicus Matrini (regio VII, vol. 4), Rome, 1977 GAL Abruzzo F. Coarelli and A. La Regina, Guide archeologiche Laterza: Abruzzo e Molise,BariandRome, 1965 GAL Campania S. De Caro and A. Greco, Guide archeologiche Laterza: Campania, Bari and Rome, 1981 GAL Etruria M. Torelli, Guide archeologiche Laterza: Etruria, Bari and Rome, 1980 GAL Lazio F. Coarelli, Guide archeologiche Laterza: Lazio,BariandRome,1982 GAL Umbria M. Gaggiotti et al., Guide archeologiche Laterza: Umbria, Marche, Bari and Rome, 1980 ItalPontif IV P.F. Kehr, Italia pontificia,vol.4,Berlin,1909 Misurare 1983 Misurare la terra: centuriazione e coloni nel mondo romano, Modena, [1983] Misurare 1985 Misurare la terra: centuriazione e coloni nel mondo romano. Città, agricoltura, commercio: materiali da Roma e dal suburbio, Modena, 1985 Repetti I-VI E. Repetti, Dizionario geografico-fisico-storico della Toscana, 6 vols., Florence, 1833-45 SuppItal Supplementa Italica, Rome, 1981- TLE M. Pallottino (ed.), Thesaurus Linguae Etruscae,2nd ed., Florence, 1968 Via Aurelia La Via Aurelia da Roma a Forum Aureli, QuadTopA 4, 1968 Names Grid Name Period Modern Name / Location Reference C4 Acquarossa A Östenberg 1975 D2 Ad Aesim L near Falconara ItMiller 213 E1 Ad Aesim L Scheggia? ItMiller 305 E3 Ad Aquas HRL Acquasanta Terme Conta 1987 Ad Casas Caesarianas = Ad Fines E3 Ad Centesimum RL Centesimo? Nissen II, 426 B1 Ad Fines/ RL Casa Cesare? Repetti I, 492 Ad Casas Caesarianas AdNovas=VicusNovus D1 Ad Octavum L near Lucrezia ItBurd 615.2 A1 Ad Solaria See Map 41 B2 Ad Statuas RL near Valiano ItAnt 285.5 C4 Ad Vicesimum HRL Madonna della Guardia, ItMiller 303; Jones 1962, 167 near Morlupo Adriaticum Mare = (H)Adriaticum Mare E4 Aequi See Map 43 E4 Aequiculi RL near Nesce CIL 9, pp. 388, 683 E1 Aesis HRL Iesi RE Suppl. 3, col. 1197 Jesi MAP 42 ARRETIUM-ASCULUM 607 Grid Name Period Modern Name / Location Reference E2 Aesis fl. Esino RE 1 D1 Ager Gallicus HR N Marche RE Gallicus ager E4 Alba Fucens HRL Albe Mertens 1969; 1992 A3 Albinia fl. Albegna Nissen II, 309; RE F3 Albula fl. Albula RE 2 B4 Algae R Torre Valdaliga Via Aurelia 92-93 B4 Allumiere AToti1969 C4 Alsietinus L. Lago di Martignano RE C3 Alviano Scalo RL Tomei 1983, 201-55 C3 Ameria ACHRL Amelia Maraldi 1997 E4 Amiternum HRL S. Vittorino Segenni 1985 F1 Ancon(a) CHRL Ancona Sebastiani 1996 C4 Anguillara RL Nissen II 351-52 A1 Anneianum RL S. Giovanni Maggiore? ItAnt 284.1; Mosca 1992, 185 G4 Anxanum CHRL Lanciano RE 1; Staffa 1992 C1 Ap(p)enninus M. See Map 1 F3 *Aprutium L Abruzzo ItalPontif IV, 311 Aqua Traiana See Aqueducts C4 Aqua Viva HRL Acquaviva Potter 1979, 117-18 C4 Aquae Apollinares AHRL Bagni di Stigliano Del Chiaro 1962; Hodges 1995 C4 Aquae Apollinares Novae R Vicarello GAL Etruria 24 E4 Aquae Cutiliae RL near Paterno Reggiani 1979 C4 Aquae Passeris RL Bacucco? Esch 1990, 146 B4 Aquae Tauri RL Bagni di Traiano GAL Etruria 115-17 A4 Argentarius M. See Map 41 C1 Ariminus fl. See Map 40 B4 Armenta fl. Fiora RE C2 Arna CHRL Civitella d’Arno RE 2 A1 Arnus fl. See Map 41 B2 Arretium ACHRL Arezzo BTCGI III, 297-304 A4 Artemisia/ See Map 41 Dianium Ins. A1 Artimino See Map 41 B2 Asciano ACHR De Agostino 1959 F3 Asculum CHRL Ascoli Conta 1982 D2 Asisium CHRL Assisi Strazzulla 1983, 152; Fontaine 1990, 317-67 F2 Aspia fl. Aspio RE G4 Aternum HRL Pescara Nissen II, 439-40 F4 Aternus fl. Pescara RE D2 Attidium HRL Attiggio SuppItal 12, 11-18 F4 *Aufenginum RL Fagnano Alto La Regina 1968, 385-87 F4 Aufinum HRL Ofena La Regina 1968, 409-11 B3 *Aurinia/ ACH/ Saturnia ASAT 561-63 Saturnia RL E2 Auximum CHRL Osimo Gentili 1955; Destro 1997 E4 Aveia HRL Fossa La Torre 1985 D4 Avens fl. Velino RE C4 Axia ACHR Castel d’Asso RE 2 C4 Baccanae RL Baccano RE; Gazzetti 1986 E3 Badies RL Allica? ItAnt 307.4 C3 Balneum Regis AHRL Cività, near Bagnoregio RE F3 Batinus? fl. Tordino? Nissen II, 430 C4 Blera ACHRL Blera Quilici Gigli 1976 F4 Caelanum HR Celano? Letta 1975, 38-41 (no. 33) A4 Cala Maestra See Map 41 D1 Cales CHRL near Cagli Nissen II, 382 A3 Caletranus Ager around Saturnia RE E2 Camerinum CHRL Camerino SuppItal 6, 57-79 F3 Campovalano AC near Campli Franchi dell’Orto 1978, 235-87 D4 Capena ACHRL Civitúcola Jones 1962, 134-45 608 MAP 42 ARRETIUM-ASCULUM Grid Name Period Modern Name / Location Reference F4 Capestrano ACH Salvia del Rosario 1982 G4 Carecini See Map 44 D3 Carsulae HRL S. Damiano FormIt Tuder-Carsulae; Bruschetti 1995; Morigi 1997 A2 Casone ACHR BTCGI X, 441-59 A2 Castellina A Castellina in Chianti ASAT 208 B2 Castelluccio di Pienza ACHRL ASAT 349-57 F2 Castellum Firmanorum HRL S. Maria a Mare RE Castellum 7 B2 Castelsecco H Cherici 1992, 44-50 C2 Castiglione del Lago ACH Colonna 1976 B3 Castro ACH de Ruyt 1978; Gasperini 1989, 99-102 F3 Castrum Novum HRL Giulianova RE Castra 36 F3 Castrum Truentinum HRL Martinsicuro RE Truentum B1 Casuentillani HRL Casentino Pliny, NH 3.113 B4 Centum Cellae RL Civitavecchia Quilici 1993 A2 Cetamura HR near Gaiole ASAT 206 B2 Chianciano Terme CHRL Rastrelli 1987 B1 Le Ciliegeta ACHR ASAT 152 Monte Falterona C4 Ciminius L. Lago di Vico RE C4 Ciminius M. Monti Cimini RE E2 Cingulum HRL Cingoli SuppItal 6, 37-53 E2 *Cingulus M.
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