CINGI´LIA
CINGI´LIA a town of the Vestini, mentioned only by Livy (
8.29), among the places taken by the Roman consul, Junius Brutus, in B.C. 325. Its site is quite uncertain, as well as that of Cutina, mentioned in the same passage: Romanelli (vol. iii. p. 284) would place the latter at
Civitella near
Civita Aquana; and Cingilia at
Civita Retenga, about 5 miles SE. of
Ansedonia (Peltuinum).
The names
Civita and
Civitella always denote ancient sites, but the identification is wholly conjectural.
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