Praeneste
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Italy's Ministry of Culture has designated the area as an archaeological park, now managed as part of the Musei e Parchi Archeologici di Praeneste e Gabii.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 2, 2025
Praeneste, often mentioned by the classical writers, was an ancient religious center 23 miles east of Rome in the Sabine hills.
From Time Magazine Archive
He would have run away and joined the gladiators when they rose at Praeneste had I not dissuaded him.
From Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
If the news had come to the ears of any of the officials, they, knowing the hue and cry which was being made for us, would have sent word at once to Praeneste or Rome.
From Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Praeneste fell soon after; Marius committed suicide, and except at a few isolated points all resistance in Italy was over.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
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