Lake Vadimo (Lat. Lacus Vadimo) was a small, partially dry, lake of volcanic origin whose waters now are almost fully underground[1] best known as the theatre for the battles between Etruscans and Romans in 310 and 283 BC, in both of which the Romans were victorious.
Background[edit]
It is near the ancient Etruscan town of Horta (modern Orte) in the province of Viterbo, in the lower Tiber Valley, not far from Rome.[2]
The Roman domination made the area a municipality of Horta (also Hortanum).[3]
According to Pliny the Younger, there were floating islands on the lake.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Cf. The True Story of Lake Vadimo (in Italian) - also called Lake Vadimone, or in Italian: Lago Vadimone.
- ^ The area was inhabited from the 6th century BC and called *Hurta: cf. Chiesa, Tarquinia: archeologia e prosopografia tra ellenismo e romanizzazione, 2006, p.267. — as testified by the findings in a necropolis nearby, now preserved in the Vatican Museums.
- ^ John Murray, A dictionary of Greek and Roman geography, Volume 1, 1873, p.1091
- ^ Firth, J.B. "Pliny the Younger:Letters". Retrieved 2023-08-14.
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