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
Then he went to Praeneste, and made all the inhabitants come outside and lay down their arms.
From The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History by A.H. Beesley
The Praeneste of antiquity, it was once an important colony of Rome, many of whose wealthy ones resorted thither in summer, for the sake of its bracing atmosphere, which Horace extolled.
From Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians by Walter Rowlands
Carbo had still more than 30,000 men at Clusium, and he made a third attempt to relieve Praeneste by sending Damasippus with two legions to co-operate from the north with the Samnites on the south.
From The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History by A.H. Beesley
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