| Comune di Aquino | |
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 Municipal coat of arms |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Frosinone (FR) |
| Mayor | Antonino Grincia |
| Elevation | 106 m (348 ft) |
| Area | 19 km² (7 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2004) | |
| - Total | 5,301 |
| - Density | 279/km² (723/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Aquinati |
| Dialing code | 0770 |
| Postal code | 03031 |
| Patron | Saints Thomas of Aquino and Constantius |
| - Day | March 7 and September 1 |
| Website: www.comune.aquino fr.it | |
Aquino is town and comune in the province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of Italy, 12 km northwest of Cassino. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For the football club see SS Lazio Lazio ( Latium in Latin) is a regione of central In Italy, a Province (in Italian provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between Municipality ( Comune The Province of Frosinone ( Italian: Provincia di Frosinone) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy, with 91 Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Here are a list of area codes in Italy. All numbers here begin with the country code (0039 Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic Administrative division of both provinces and regions and may be properly approximated in Frosinone is a town and Comune in Lazio, central Italy, the Capital of the Province of Frosinone. For the football club see SS Lazio Lazio ( Latium in Latin) is a regione of central Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For other meanings see Cassino (disambiguation Cassino is a Comune in the province of Frosinone, Italy
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History
The ancient Aquinum was a municipium in the time of Cicero, and made a colony by the Triumviri. Marcus Tullius Cicero ( Classical Latin ˈkikeroː usually ˈsɪsərəʊ in English January 3, 106 BC &ndash December 7, 43 BC was a Roman It was crossed by the Via Latina. The Via Latina, or the " Latin Way " was a Roman road of Italy, running southeast from Rome for about.
Aquinum is thought to be the birthplace of the poet Juvenal, and was that of the emperor Pescennius Niger. Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis, known in English as Juvenal, was a Roman Poet active in the late 1st and early 2nd century AD author of the Gaius Pescennius Niger (c 140&ndash194 was a Roman usurper from 193 to 194
Aquino's patron saint is San Costanzo, or St. Constantius (different from St. Constantius of Perugia). Saint Constantius (also known as Costantius Constance or Costanzo (d St. Thomas Aquinas was born in the castle of Roccasecca, 8 kilometres northwards. For the other Italian commune named Roccasecca in the Province of Latina, see Roccasecca dei Volsci.
Main sights
One of the gates through which the Via Latina passed, now called Porta S. Lorenzo, is still well preserved, and there are remains within the walls (portions of which, built of large blocks of limestone, still remain) of two (so called) temples, a basilica and an amphitheatre.
Outside, on the south is a well-preserved triumphal arch with composite capitals, and close to it the 11th-century basilica of Santa Maria Libera, a building in the Romanesque style, but now roofless. Several Roman inscriptions are built into it, and many others that have been found indicate the ancient importance of the place, which, though it does not appear in early history, is vouched for by Cicero and Strabo. Strabo ( Greek: Στράβων 63/64 BC – ca AD 24 was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.
References
- E. Grossi, Aquinum (Rome, 1907)
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01662b.htm - Catholic Encyclopedia article
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