Crustumerium

Crustumerium (also Crustumeria ) was an ancient town in Latium, which was not far from Rome on the Via Salaria in the hill country between Fidenae, Nomentum and Eretum in the area of ​​today's Roman district Marcigliana.

Your late fictional founding legend is connected with a volatile Trojan or Siculi and takes the name of Clytemnestra in conjunction. It is also referred to by some authors as Athenian colony.

The city Crustumerium is mentioned in connection with the Roman foundation legend, monarchy and early Republic, about the Rape of the Sabines of Romulus. Dionysius says (III 49) the subjugation of the city of Rome, Tarquinius Priscus King, meanwhile, Livy ( II 19 ), however, laid the capture of the city in the year 499 BC Modern historians date these events later: according to Bringmann (2002) Crustumerium was captured (along with Fidenae and Ficulea ) " according to tradition, in 426 years ," after which the area was settled as " tribus Crustumeria " while Bengtson (1982 ), the final conquest of the city and the creation of the " tribus Clustumina " ( " after a 20-year truce " ) until the year 405 BC or shortly thereafter sets.

The few mentions in the Republican period and Pliny the Elder report, the city had been destroyed along with some other Latin cities, fit together.

Since 1982 is dug in the area of ​​the ancient city. Priority was given to about 200 graves, some with grave goods, exposed.