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
Sulla's left wing was driven back to the city walls, and fugitives brought word to Ofella at Praeneste that the battle was lost.
From The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History by Beesley, A.H.
Marius fled to Praeneste, but finding the gates shut, tied himself round by a rope that was thrown down to him, and was taken up on the walls.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
Not long after, intelligence was received, that other slaves, belonging to the remains of the conspiracy, had formed a design of seizing Praeneste.
From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus
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