Days near Rome . due Grazioli. Son fils epouse une Lante de la Rovere.—Abotd. There is little remarkable about Lunghezza, except itssituation, but some hours may be pleasantly spent in sketch-ing on the river-bank lower down the valley. A pleasant walk of about two miles up the stream of theOsa (turning to the left in descending from the Castle)leads along fields and through a wood, filled in springwith the snow-drops which are sold in Rome in such abund-ance, to the ruined castle called Castellaccio or Castellodcir Osa, which occupies a declivity of lava on the left ofthe stream. It is disput
Days near Rome . due Grazioli. Son fils epouse une Lante de la Rovere.—Abotd. There is little remarkable about Lunghezza, except itssituation, but some hours may be pleasantly spent in sketch-ing on the river-bank lower down the valley. A pleasant walk of about two miles up the stream of theOsa (turning to the left in descending from the Castle)leads along fields and through a wood, filled in springwith the snow-drops which are sold in Rome in such abund-ance, to the ruined castle called Castellaccio or Castellodcir Osa, which occupies a declivity of lava on the left ofthe stream. It is disputed whether Castel dell Osa or Lunghezza is thesite of the famous Collatia. Beneath the ruined castle nearthe Osa some fragments of ancient wall, in regular blocks,may be observed, but this is the only fact in favour of itsbeing the site of the home of Lucretia, while Sir W. Gell, COLL A TIA. 165 in favour of Lunghezza, draws attention to the existence ofthe Via CoUatina (apparently leading direct to Lunghezza),. Castello deir Osa. which would have been unnecessary had Collatia occupieda site such as Castel dell Osa, which is only two miles fromGabii, as a slight turning from the Via Gabina would haveled to it. Lunghezza accords much better than Castel dellOsa with the description of Virgil:— Collatinas imponent montibus arces. ALn, vi. 774. Virgil and Dionysius notice Collatia as a colony of Alba-Longa. It was reduced into subjection to Rome in the reignof Tarquinius Priscus, who established a garrison there, andappointed his nephew Egerius as its governor, who forthwithtook, and transmitted to his descendants, the name of Col-latinus. His daughter-in-law, Lucretia, was residing hereduring the siege of Ardea, and thus Collatia became thescene of the events which led to the overthrow of the Romanmonarchy. As the kings sons and their cousin L. Tarquinius were sitting overtheir cups at Ardea, a dispute arose about the virtue of their cousin, surnamed Collatinus, fro
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