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Palestrina (ancient
Praeneste;
Ancient Gr****: Πραίνεστος, Prainestos) is a
modern Italian city and
comune (muni****lity) with a po****tion of
about 22...
- The
Praeneste fibula (the "brooch of Palestrina") is a
golden fibula or brooch,
today housed in the
Pigorini National Museum of
Prehistory and Ethnography...
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received a new name
having been
extended as far as
Praeneste (modern Palestrina). Once past
Praeneste the road
continued towards the
Apennines and the source...
- the
siege of
Praeneste and
rescue consul Gaius Marius, who was
considered the
heart of the anti-Sullan cause.
Breaking the
siege of
Praeneste turned out...
- whom),
Crustumerium was
captured (again it is not
clear by whom), and
Praeneste defected to the Romans.
Aulus Postumius was
appointed dictator, with Titus...
- Cuno of
Praeneste (died 9
August 1122) was a
German Cardinal and
papal legate, an
influential diplomatic figure of the
early 12th century,
active in France...
- in Rome
during his
lifetime (CIL VI, 10048 = ILS 5287) and
another in
Praeneste after his
retirement there (CIL XIV, 288) are the sole
records of his...
- to
relieve Praeneste but an
uprising from the
Samnites and the
Lucanians forced Sulla to
deploy south as they
moved also to
relieve Praeneste or join with...
- from
caecus "blind") was a son of Vulcan, and the
legendary founder of
Praeneste (modern Palestrina). King
Caeculus appears in Book VII of Virgil's Aeneid...
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legends he is the
father of
famous characters, such as the
founder of
Praeneste Caeculus, Cacus, a
primordial being or king,
later transformed into a...
