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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 285 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LAURENTINA, VIA , an See also:ancient road of See also:Italy, leading See also:south-wards from See also:Rome. The question of the nomenclature of the See also:group of roads between the Via Ardeatina and the Via Ostiensis is somewhat difficult, and much depends on the view taken as to the site of Laurentum. It seems probable, however, that the Via Laurentina proper is that which led out of the Porta Ardeatina of the See also:Aurelian See also:wall and went See also:direct to Tor See also:Paterno, while the road branching from the Via Ostiensis at the third mile, and leading past Decimo to See also:Lavinium (Pratica), which crosses the other road at right angles not far from its destination (the Laurentina there See also:running S.W. and that to Lavinium S.E.) may for convenience be called Lavinatis, though this name does not occur in ancient times. On this latter road, beyond Decimo, two milestones, one of Tiberius, the other of See also:Maxentius, each bearing the number 11, have been found; and farther on, at Capocotta, traces of ancient buildings, and an important sepulchral inscription of a Jewish ruler of a See also:synagogue have come to See also:light. That the Via Laurentina was near the Via Ardeatina is clear from the fact that the same contractor was responsible for both roads. Laurentum was also accessible by a See also:branch from the Via Ostiensis at the eighth mile (at Malafede) leading past See also:Castel Porziano, the royal See also:hunting-See also:lodge, which is identical with the ancient Ager Solonius (in which, See also:Festus tells us, was situated the Pomonal or sacred See also:grove of See also:Pomona) and which later belonged to See also:Marius. See R. Lanciani in articles quoted under LAVINIUM. (T.

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