A 19th Century view of Tusculum, a ruined Roman city in the Alban Hills, in the Latium region of Italy. In the 1st Century BCE, the villas of the neighbourhood had acquired greater importance than the town itself, and by the end of the Republic, Tusculum was a favorite place of residence for wealthy Romans. In 45 BCE Cicero wrote a series of books in his Roman villa in Tusculum, the "Tusculanae Quaestiones".
A 19th Century view of Tusculum, a ruined Roman city in the Alban Hills, in the Latium region of Italy. In the 1st Century BCE, the villas of the neighbourhood had acquired greater importance than the town itself, which was not easily accessible. By the end of the Republic, and still more during the imperial period, the territory of Tusculum was a favorite place of residence for wealthy Romans. In 45 BCE Cicero wrote a series of books in his Roman villa in Tusculum, the Tusculanae Quaestiones. In his times there were eighteen owners of villas there. An example is the so-called villa of Lucullus, which later belonged to Flavia gens, which was built in terraces on the slope of Tusculum facing Rome: the vast terrace now houses virtually all the historical centre of Frascati.
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Location: Tusculum, Alban Hills, Latium region, Italy
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
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