TOLENTI´NUM
TOLENTI´NUM or
TOLLENTI´NUM (Eth.
Tolentinas, ātis:
Tolentino), a town of Picenum, in the valley of the Flusor or
Chienti, about 12 miles below Camerinum (
Camerino).
It is mentioned by Pliny among the municipal towns of Picenum, and its municipal rank is attested by the Liber Coloniarum, which mentions the “ager Tolentinus,” and by inscriptions. (
Plin. Nat. 3.13. s. 18;
Lib. Col. pp. 226, 259; Orell.
Inscr. 2474; Gruter,
Inscr. pp. 194. 2, 410. 2.)
The modern city of
Tolentino, which retains the ancient site as well as name, is situated on the present highroad from Rome to Ancona; but as no ancient road descended the valley of the Flusor, the name is not found in the Itineraries.
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