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town, however, it became subject to. Rome. Out of its territory the tribus Stellatina was formed in 367 B.C. In later republican times the city itself is hardly mentioned, but under the See also:

EMPIRE

empire a See also:

MUNICIPIUM (Lat. munus, a duty or privilege, capere, to take)

municipium Capenatium foederatum is frequently mentioned in See also:

INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions. Of these several were found upon the See also:

hill known as Civitucola, about 4 M. See also:

north-See also:

east of the See also:

POST

post station of ad Vicesimum on the ancient Via See also:

FLAMINIA, VIA

Flaminia, a site which is well adapted for an ancient city. It lies on the north See also:

side of a dried-up See also:

lake, once no doubt a volcanic See also:

CRATER

crater. Remains of buildings of the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

period also exist there, while, in the sides of the hill of S. Martino which lies on the north-east,l See also:

rock-cut tombs belonging to the 7th and 6th centuries B.C. but used in Roman times for fresh burials, were excavated in 1859-1864, and again in 1904. Inscriptions in See also:

early Latin and in See also:

LOCAL

local See also:

DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect were also found (W. Henzen, Bullettino dell' Istituto, 1864, 143; R.

Paribeni, Notizie degli Scavi, 1905, 301). Similar tombs have also been found on the hills See also:

south of Civitucola. G. B. de See also:

Rossi, however, supposed that the See also:

GAMES, CLASSICAL

games of which records (fragments of the See also:

FASTI

fasti ludorum) were also discovered at Civitucola, were those which were celebrated from See also:

time immemorial at the Lucus Feroniae, with which he therefore proposed to identify this site, placing Capena itself at S. Oreste, on the south-eastern side of See also:

MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount See also:

SORACTE

Soracte. But there are difficulties in the way of this See also:

ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

assumption, and it is more probable that the Lucus Feroniae is to be sought at or near Nazzano, where, in the excavation of a circular See also:

BUILDING

building which some conjecture to have been the actual See also:

temple of Feronia, inscriptions See also:

RELATING

relating to a See also:

MUNICIPALITY

municipality were found. Others, however, propose to See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place Lucus Feroniae at the See also:

church of S. Abbondio, 1 m. east of Rignano and 4 in. north-north-See also:

west of Civitucola, which is built out of ancient materials. On the Via Flaminia, 26 m. from Rome, near Rignano, is the See also:

Christian See also:

CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery of See also:

Theodora. See R. Lanciani, Bullettino dell' Istituto, 187o, 32; G. B. de Rossi, Annali dell' Istituto, 1883, 254; Bullettino Cristiano, 1883, 115; G.

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