CUMERUS
CUMERUS a promontory of Picenum, on the coast of the Adriatic, still called
Monte Comero. (
Plin. Nat. 3.13. s. 18.)
It is formed by a considerable mountain mass, rising close to the sea-shore, and nearly detached from the mountains of the interior, extending about 10 miles in length.
At its northern extremity stood the city of Ancona and the smaller town of Numana (
Umana) at its southern end.
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